Social Deviance, 2001 Testing a General Theory

The authors surveyed over 9,000 seventh grade students in the Houston Independent School District up to three times during their junior high school years and once as young adults between 1971 and 1980. Drawing on the extensive data gathered from this longitudinal survey, Kaplan and Johnson develop and test a comprehensive theoretical statement about the social and social psychological processes involved in the onset and course of deviant behavior.

Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Deviant Behavior. 1. A Theory of Deviant Behavior. 2. Method. Part II: Deviant Behavior in Adolescence. 3. An Elaboration Strategy for the Study of Deviant Behavior. 4. Gender as a Moderator in Explanations of Adolescent Deviance. 5. Race/Ethnicity as a Moderator in Explanations of Adolescent Deviance. Part III: Deviant Behavior from Adolescence to Young Adulthood. 6. The Elaborated Model as an Explanation of Deviance in Young Adulthood: The Experience of White-Anglo Adolescents. 7. Moderating Effects of Gender in Explanations of Young Adult Deviance. Part IV: Summary and Conclusions. 8. The Study of Deviant Behavior: Retrospect and Prospect. References. Index.