Outsiders studies in the sociology of deviance becker howard s books amazonca skip to main contentca hello select your address books hello sign in account lists account returns orders cart all best sellers gift ideas prime new releases . Richard k kerckhoff outsiders studies in the sociology of deviance by howard s becker new york the free press of glencoe 1963 179 pp 500 social for. A sociological model of deviant behavior is proposed deviancy is considered a consequence of social groups applying rules whose infraction constitutes deviance the deviants behavior becomes stabilized by sequential learning and reinforcement of deviancy patterns in a deviant social grouping. In general the author places deviance in perspective identifies types of deviant behavior considers the role of rule makers and enforcers and some of the problems in studying deviance in addition he develops a sequential model of deviance relying on the concept of career a concept originally developed in studies of occupations in his study of a particular kind of deviance the use of