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1. Descriptions of Deviance

   By Stephen Hester

   Series: Routledge Advances in Criminology

   Descriptions of Deviances critically engages with the two hitherto dominant perspectives in the sociology of deviance and criminology, and thereby clarifies the key differences between these theoretical points of view and the ethnomethodological approach to deviance. Hester offers an original and...

   To Be Published December 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. Deviance in Classrooms (RLE Edu M)

   By David Hargreaves, Stephen Hester, Frank Mellor

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   When originally published this book reported the first major application of ‘labelling theory’ to deviance in classrooms. The authors explore the nature of classroom rules, show how they constitute a pervasive feature of the classroom, and examine the ways in which teachers use these rules as...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
3. Disaffection From School (RLE Edu M)

   By David Hargreaves, Stephen Hester, Frank Mellor

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   A large number of pupils are, or are liable to become, disaffected with their schooling. In this comprehensive account of the problem, Ken Reid suggests that school can and should do much more to prevent and overcome disaffected behaviour, as manifested by such factors as absenteeism, disruption...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
4. A Sociology of Crime

   By Peter Eglin, Stephen Hester

   The authors take three particular sociological perspectives, and use them to offer a distinct and critical reading of criminology, highlighting the ways that crime is, first and foremost, a matter of social definition. They provide a good introductory text which will be of great value to students....

   Published August 5th 1992 by Routledge