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Tracing the causes of elite deviance to the structure of U.S. power and wealth, this book introduces students to theories of elite deviance and covers both criminal and non-criminal elite acts that cause significant harm. This considerably updated, 11th edition enriches its... Read Full Overview

Scandal in contemporary U.S. life is an institutional sociological phenomenon. It is not due primarily to psychopathological and/or biopathological variables. Rather, it's built into the fabric of U.S. institutions, which means that scandals will occur regularly. This is the... Read Full Overview

Tracing the causes of elite deviance to the structure of U.S. power and wealth, this book introduces students to theories of elite deviance and covers both criminal and non-criminal elite acts that cause significant harm. This considerably updated, 11th edition enriches its... Read Full Overview

Scandal in contemporary U.S. life is an institutional sociological phenomenon. It is not due primarily to psychopathological and/or biopathological variables. Rather, it's built into the fabric of U.S. institutions, which means that scandals will occur regularly. This is the... Read Full Overview