Exploring the Sociology of Deviance**

• <p>Table of Contents:**<br><br>**

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

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

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

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

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

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

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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