This highly successful book presents the interactionist approach to the study of deviance, examining deviance
as a social phenomenon that consists of a set of interpretations and social reactions. This book of readings focuses
on issues such as how people typify one another, how they relate to one another based on these typifications, and
the consequences of these social processes. This perspective helps the reader's understanding of the sociology
of deviance, and also of social processes. For anyone with an interest in deviance. This book is relevant to the
fields of criminology, criminal justice, and sociology.