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Deviance and Medicalization: From Badness to Sickness Peter Conrad
Deviance and Medicalization: From Badness to Sickness
Peter Conrad
Focusing on the nature of deviance, this book investigates the origins and contemporary consequences of the medicalization of deviance. It examines specific cases of madness, alcoholism, opiate addiction, homosexuality, delinquency, and child abuse and draws out their theoretical and policy implications.
263 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 15, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780877229995 |
| Publishers | Temple University Press,U.S. |
| Pages | 263 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 7 mm · 207 g |
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