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Factors Inhibiting Educated Mothers in Kenya From Giving Meaningful Sex-Education to Their Daughters

This chapter provides an overview of the treatment of sexual orientation and gender identity issues and LGBTQ populations in the field of criminology. The chapter advances three main points. First, it argues that there is very little data on LGBTQ people’s experiences of crime, both in terms of victimization and offending. Second, the overwhelming majority of criminological engagement with sexual orientation and gender identity occurred prior to the 1980s, and discussed these concepts insofar as assessing whether “homosexuality”—a term that was often employed to describe non-heterosexual sexualities and gender non-conforming identities/expressions—was or was not a form of criminal sexual deviance. Third, to date, there is little to no theoretical engagement with sexual orientation and gender identity in each of the four major schools of criminological thought: biological, psychological, sociological, and critical. I argue that these three points are a reflection of the historical and continuing stigma of the sexual deviance framework on the treatment of sexual orientation and gender identity concepts, and LGBTQ people in the field. This chapter makes a call to “queer criminology,” which in my view, requires overcoming the sexual deviance framework and reorienting criminological inquiry to give due consideration to sexual orientation and gender identity as non-deviant differences that may shape people’s experiences of crime and experiences in the criminal justice system more generally.

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“Queering Criminology”: Overview of the State of the Field

Anomie is a complex, dynamic concept that refers simultaneously to a social state and an individual state of mind. Generations of sociologists have attempted to clarify, extend, and measure the concept at various levels of analysis. This article summarizes these developments around the twin concepts of exteriority and constraint. Exteriority refers to experiencing the social world as an objective, predictable reality, while constraint refers to the extent to which one experiences a personal commitment to the demands and expectations of society. The Anomie Scale of Exteriority and Constraint (ASEC) is presented and tested across various psychological and social outcomes among adolescents in 18 European countries. Exteriority is found to be primarily associated with more depression and less self-esteem, while constraint is associated with a lower probability of daily smoking, illicit drug use, truancy, and suicide attempts. Societal anomie is higher in eastern European countries and it has a strong negative correlation with GDP per capita and a marginally positive correlation with GDP growth. Societal anomie is also associated with higher baseline levels of depression, self-esteem, and illicit drug use. These results lend strong support to the theoretical construct of anomie as exteriority and constraint.

Anomie Among European Adolescents: Conceptual and Empirical Clarification of a Multilevel Sociological Concept

For all the rhetoric surrounding globalisation, its meaning remains both vague and elusive and symbolises a host of different things to different people. In the main, however, most studies are marked by a restricted theoretical and empirical base, which precludes such studies from being truly global. They are generally predicated on selected examples from the core, with an occasional nod in the direction of experiences outside the familiar. While there are sporadic references to Asia and Latin America (invariably in the context of collapsing currencies and capital flight) there is almost no mention at all of Africa, South Asia, the Pacific region or Central Asia. That this neglect impoverishes the discipline of International Political Economy (ipe) is self-evident. It is argued that an ipe that is comparative by nature and takes into account the multi-variegated nature by which globalisation affects the global political economy, in particular recognising that the developing world has been, to a l...

Globalisation studies and the developing world: making international political economy truly global

Graphics Preface 1. A Global View of Society. How Can Sociology Help Us Understanding Global Trends - Y.W. Bradshaw The Interconnected World Sociology's Contribution to Understanding Global Issues A Global Perspective The Book's Themes: Global Trends A Look Forward Key Concepts Active Learning Topical Essay. My Personal Journey to a Global Perspective - T.J. Dawson 2. Sociology and Society. How Does Sociological Theory Help Us Interpret the World - J.F. Healey The Origins of Sociology The Sociological Perspective The Continuing Relevance of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim Conclusion Key Concepts Active Learning Topical Essay. The Globalization of Taste - N. Hart 3. Sociology and Science. How Do Sociologists Investigate Questions about Society? - J.F. Healey Using Science to Examine a Social Problem: Is American Society Disintegrating? Approaching the Problem: The Scientific Method Gathering Data Conclusion Key Concepts Active Learning 4. Culture and Society. Can Local Culture Coexist with Global Culture? - J.F. Healey A Sociological Perspective on Culture Culture and Community Elements of Culture The Construction of Culture Culture Change The Globalization of Culture Conclusion Key Concepts Active Learning Topical Essay. How Culture Shapes Schooling - S. Brint Topical Essay. Loal Gods and Universal Faiths - L.R. Kurtz 5. Inequality. Are the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer? - J.F. Healey Sociological Perspective on Inequality The Evolution of Inequality Increasing Inequality in the United States Inequality around the Globe Conclusion Key Concepts Active Learning 6. Assimilation and Pluralism. Will Racial and Ethnic Groups Persist? - J.F. Healey Global Species Consolidation: Analyzing Race and Ethnicity Social Relations in a Differentiated World Contact Situations: Conquest and Colonization Contact Situations: Immigration Conclusion Key Concepts Active Learning 7. Gender. How Is Globalization Affecting Inequalities between Women and Men? - P. Fernandez-Kelly & K.M. Fallon Sociological Perspectives on Gender Relations Gender Inequality Today: A Global Concern Gender in Comparative Perspective Conclusion Key Concepts Active Learning Topical Essay. Sex as a Global Commodity - J. Nagel 8. Families. What Is Happening to Families in a Changing World? - D. Lye and Y.W. Bradshaw A Sociological Approach to the Family Recent Trends in Family Life The Causes of Family Change The Conseuquences of Family Change Conclusion Key Concepts Active Learning 9. Crime and Punishment. Can Crime be Controlled? - J.F. Healey Defining and Measuring Crime Theorizing about the Causes of Crime Controlling Crime Conclusion Key Concepts Active Learning 10. Economics and Politics. Does Democracy Have a Future? - J. Markoff The Rise of the Modern State Globalization and the State, Yesterday and Today Challenges to the Economic and Political Status Quo Threatened Democracy Attempts by States (and Their Citizens) to Control Globalization Conclusion Key Concepts Active Learning Topical Essa. Activists Crusade against Sweatshops - G.W. Seidman PART II. AT ISSUE: SOCIOLOGY EXAMINES A NEW CENTURY 11. The Changing Face of War - Y.W. Bradshaw Yugoslavia, 1990s: Lessons Unlearned Voices of War The Responsibility to Stop Someone Else's War The Limitations of Peacekeeping Five Recommendations for Ending War Thinking about the Topic of War 12. The Future of Work - K.T. Leicht Workplace Change and Your Labor Market Prospects The Social Consequences of the Changing Workplace The Hopes and Fears of the New Workplace Thinking about the Topic of Work 13. Can the World Develop and Sustain Its Environment? - M.M. Bell We Consuming Humans Owning Up to What We Own The Sociology of Environmental Inaction The Social Organization of Consumption Social Power and the Social Organization of Consumption Virtual Environmentalism and the Social Reorganization of Consumption Thinking about the Topic of Sustainable Development 14. How Many People Is Too Many People? - D. Lye How Does Population Grow? How Many People Can Earth Support? Can We Slow Population Growth? A Reality Check Thinking about the Topic of Population Growth 15. The Global Healthcare Challenge - N. Mbugua The Grim Reality of Healthcare in Lower-Income Countries The Great Divide: Haves versus Have-nots The Healthcare Challenge of the Twenty-First Century Thinking about the Topic of Healthcare 16. Creating Positive Social Change - Y.W. Bradshaw What Solutions Does Sociology Suggest? What Can Individuals Do? Thinking about the Topic of Positive Social Change Authors and Contributors References Photo Credits Glossary/Index Appendix: A Sociologist's Atlas - K.M. Fallon

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