Exploring the Sociology of Deviance**

• Table of Contents:** **

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

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• 1.1Background and Context
• 1.2Problem Statement
• 1.3Objectives of the Study
• 1.4Scope and Limitations
• 1.5Research Methodology
• 1.6Organization of the Thesis **

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

• Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance**
• 2.1Classical Theories of Deviance
• 2.2Structural-Functionalism and Deviance
• 2.3Symbolic Interactionism and Labeling Theory
• 2.4Conflict Perspectives on Deviance
• 2.5Contemporary Approaches to Deviance
• 2.6Intersectionality and Deviant Identities
• 2.7Conclusion and Summary **

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• Forms of Deviance**
• 3.1Crime and Criminal Behavior
• 3.2Juvenile Delinquency
• 3.3Substance Abuse and Addiction
• 3.4Sexual Deviance
• 3.5Deviant Subcultures and Countercultures
• 3.6White-Collar Crime and Corporate Deviance
• 3.7Conclusion and Summary **

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

• Social Control and Deviance Management**
• 4.1Mechanisms of Social Control
• 4.2Formal and Informal Control Mechanisms
• 4.3Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice System
• 4.4Rehabilitation and Punishment
• 4.5Surveillance and Social Regulation
• 4.6Deviance and Social Change
• 4.7Conclusion and Summary **

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• Deviance and Social Order**
• 5.1Construction of Norms and Values
• 5.2Deviance as a Social Construct
• 5.3Social Stigma and Deviant Labeling
• 5.4Deviance and Social Stratification
• 5.5Deviance and Identity Formation
• 5.6Resistance to Deviant Labeling
• 5.7Conclusion and Summary