Disordered and Deviant Behavior

Alfred B. Heilbrun, Jr. is Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emeritus and Distinguished Emeritus Fellow at Emory University. Professor Heilbrun holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of Iowa. He is also author of Criminal Dangerousness and the Risk of Violence (University Press of America, 1996) and Stress and the Risk of Psychological Disorder in College Women (University Press of America, 1997).

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 Section I: Stress, Coping, and Risk of Bodily Disorder: The Origins of Disordered Behavior; Stress and the Risk of Disorder: Some Preliminary Considerations; Stress and Body Vulnerability; Stress and the Risk of Bodily Disorder in Young Adults: AnorChapter 4 Section II: Criminal Dangerousness and Violence: Criminal Dangerousness and Violence: Concept and Measurement; Criminal Dangerousness and Violence: Validation of the Two-factor Theory; Addressing Controversial Issues in Crime and Violence by the DanChapter 5 Section III: Schizophrenia as a Disordered Style of Behavior: Schizophrenia and the Challenge of Explanation; Validation of the Adaptive-style Theory: Schizophrenic-like Behaviors in Normals; Schizophrenic Hallucinations and Delusions: Further ValidChapter 6 Section IV: Deviation from Traditional Gender-Role Expectations: The Dynamics of Male and Female Gender Roles; Parent Identification and Its Behavioral ConsequencesChapter 7 Section V: Serious Exaggerations of Ordinary Behavior: Studies on Alcoholism and on Male Sexual Aggression: The Role of Self-Control Deficit in Alcoholism; Male Sexual AggressionChapter 8 ReferencesChapter 9 Author IndexChapter 10 Subject Index

The author's skill in demonstrating how one research study builds on another is particularly evident in the section dealing with criminal dangerousness and violence, where he offers some especially good insights. Summing Up: RECOMMENDED. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.