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The valuable essays of this collection analyze the interconnected problems of the definition, management, and treatment of deviant behavior. The coverage is broad and the articles are fresh, interesting and frequently controversial. All major perspectives are examined, with special attention devoted to the labeling and conflict theories of deviance. Fully revised to include new methods of behavior control, this is a complete guide for students in the field.

Children learn and cannot be "taught" in the usually accepted sense of that term. This text addresses the complexity and interrelatedness of the factors which influence children's learning readiness and perceptions, in four sections, beginning with how learning, development, and adjustment are individual matters which take place in a group context in which persons at home, other children at school, and the teacher all play important parts. To understand pupils as individual, developing persons, teachers must possess a wide variety of skills, and an even greater store of knowledge. A theoretical foundation for an explanation of human development, behavior, and adjustment is provided, but is not written in stone. The final section describes how school systems could implement a better educative process, in practical stages.