NEW BOOKS

 

Teaching the Sociology of Deviance (5th ed.) 2003

Martin Schwartz and Michael Maume (eds) ASA Publications: Washington DC

The American Sociological Association's new edition of Teaching the Sociology of Deviance, co-edited by Marty Schwartz was recently published. Several of our division members contributed pieces. Included among them are Keith Crew and Stephen Muzzatti (both of the University of Northern Iowa) who respectively argue for teaching deviance courses using a topical or theoretical model; David Friedrichs (University of Scranton) who details ways to include white collar and corporate crime into the deviance curriculum; David Kauzlarich (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville) who makes the case for including crimes of nuclear states in deviance classes; Rick Matthews (Carthage College) who highlights the the political connections that facilitate forms of injury/harm, such as the Enron-Arthur Anderson case; Walter DeKeseredy (Ohio University) who addresses the challenges of including women abuse in the deviance curriculum; Shahid Alvi (University of St. Thomas) who stresses the importance of addressing race in the deviance classroom, and; Mark Israel (Flinders University) who elaborates on the usefulness and potential pitfalls of interview-based assignments. Also included in the collection are sample assignments, syllabi sets and other teaching resources, such as Rick Matthew's Corporate and Governmental Crime syllabus; Paul Leighton (Eastern Michigan University) and Mark Hamm's (Indiana State University) teaching about September 11th, terrorism and political violence resources, and; a collection of internet sites compiled by Jennifer Blank (Middlesex University) and Emily Troshyanski (London School of Economics and Political Science).

 

 

Trusted Criminals:  White Collar Crime in Contemporary Society

David O. Friedrichs

Thomson/Wadsworth,  2004

 

The second edition of David O. Friedrichs' Trusted Criminals:  White Collar Crime in Contemporary Society, has now been published, and is available from Thomson/Wadsworth, with a copyright date of 2004.  It includes extensive coverage of recent cases and legal developments through Spring, 2003, some new sections (e.g., on demographic correlates of white collar crime offending, and on Crimes of Globalization), various pedagogical aids - e.g., boxes, key terms, and discussion questions - and appendices on white collar crime films and websites.