Mark Konty
Biographic Data
| ID | 4198512 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Konty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Konty |
| SIGNATURE | KONTY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Auburn University , Auburn, Alabama, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 224 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Authority and Conformity
A common phenomenon in social groups (some would say a requirement of them) is the existence of authority: the right or power to give orders and to enforce standards. Authority is meaningful only if people comply with those rules and orders. Conformity, compliance with orders and standards, is the corollary to authority
Small Arms Mortality: Access to Firearms and Lethal Violence
There is an intuitive appeal to the notion that the more lethal the weaponry the more lethal the violence. We explore one aspect of lethal weaponry, firearm accessibility. Using nation-level (N = 168) data from the Small Arms Survey and the World Health Organization's measures of mortality we examine whether rates of small arm ownership have a positive effect on rates of homicide and suicide. Contrary to the opportunity model, the accessibility o…
Refining the theory of basic individual values
We propose a refined theory of basic individual values intended to provide greater heuristic and explanatory power than the original theory of 10 values (Schwartz, 1992). The refined theory more accurately expresses the central assumption of the original theory that research has largely ignored: Values form a circular motivational continuum. The theory defines and orders 19 values on the continuum based on their compatible and conflicting motivat…
Labeling
In the sociology of deviance the concept of labeling is used in two interrelated ways. One involves the labeling of people as deviants . When people are so labeled, they are judged to be deviant by some standard and the label has important sociological and psychological consequences. The other is the labeling of actions as deviance . When actions are labeled as such, there tends to be an actual or assumed non‐normative behavior, and that reaction…
When in Doubt, Tell the Truth: Pragmatism and the Sociology of Deviance
The recent debates over the viability and utility of the sociology of deviance do an effective job of addressing past criticisms and highlighting the current problems with the field. There are, however, few solutions put forth. Revisiting the pragmatist roots in social theory is proposed to address both the ideological criticisms of the field as well as the seeming stagnation in theory and research. The utility of pragmatism in studying deviance …
Of Deviance and Deviants
In concluding this special issue on a sociology of deviance in the new millennium I'd like to thank all of the scholars who participated in the panels at the American Society of Criminology (2004)
Microanomie: The Cognitive Foundations of the Relationship Between Anomie and Deviance
Emile Durkheim and Robert Merton spawned a century of research on the effects of anomie on rule‐breaking behavior. During that time “strain” emerged as the social psychological mechanism producing deviant behavior from the effects of anomie. This research challenges the primacy of the affective strain mechanism, arguing that anomie produces a cognitive state—referred to as microanomie—where self‐enhancing values are higher priority than self‐tran…
Scared selfish: A culture of fear’s values in the age of terrorism
Religion and Ideological Support for Social Movements: The Case of Animal Rights
Charles W. Peek, Mark A. Konty, Terri E. Frazier, Religion and Ideological Support for Social Movements: The Case of Animal Rights, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Sep., 1997), pp. 429-439
Differences in value and attitude change over the life course
An abundance of research has asserted that there are predictable changes that occur to a person's values and attitudes over the life course. This assertion follows the claim by some theorists that values and attitudes are similar in structure and function. This report tests the assertion that values and attitudes are mutable early in the life course, change to a conservative orientation over time, and eventually stabilize in the later stages of t…
Refining the theory of basic individual values
We propose a refined theory of basic individual values intended to provide greater heuristic and explanatory power than the original theory of 10 values (Schwartz, 1992). The refined theory more accurately expresses the central assumption of the original theory that research has largely ignored: Values form a circular motivational continuum. The theory defines and orders 19 values on the continuum based on their compatible and conflicting motivat…
Differences in value and attitude change over the life course
An abundance of research has asserted that there are predictable changes that occur to a person's values and attitudes over the life course. This assertion follows the claim by some theorists that values and attitudes are similar in structure and function. This report tests the assertion that values and attitudes are mutable early in the life course, change to a conservative orientation over time, and eventually stabilize in the later stages of t…
Microanomie: The Cognitive Foundations of the Relationship Between Anomie and Deviance
Emile Durkheim and Robert Merton spawned a century of research on the effects of anomie on rule‐breaking behavior. During that time “strain” emerged as the social psychological mechanism producing deviant behavior from the effects of anomie. This research challenges the primacy of the affective strain mechanism, arguing that anomie produces a cognitive state—referred to as microanomie—where self‐enhancing values are higher priority than self‐tran…
Scared selfish: A culture of fear’s values in the age of terrorism
Of Deviance and Deviants
In concluding this special issue on a sociology of deviance in the new millennium I'd like to thank all of the scholars who participated in the panels at the American Society of Criminology (2004)
Religion and Ideological Support for Social Movements: The Case of Animal Rights
Charles W. Peek, Mark A. Konty, Terri E. Frazier, Religion and Ideological Support for Social Movements: The Case of Animal Rights, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Sep., 1997), pp. 429-439
When in Doubt, Tell the Truth: Pragmatism and the Sociology of Deviance
The recent debates over the viability and utility of the sociology of deviance do an effective job of addressing past criticisms and highlighting the current problems with the field. There are, however, few solutions put forth. Revisiting the pragmatist roots in social theory is proposed to address both the ideological criticisms of the field as well as the seeming stagnation in theory and research. The utility of pragmatism in studying deviance …
Authority and Conformity
A common phenomenon in social groups (some would say a requirement of them) is the existence of authority: the right or power to give orders and to enforce standards. Authority is meaningful only if people comply with those rules and orders. Conformity, compliance with orders and standards, is the corollary to authority
Small Arms Mortality: Access to Firearms and Lethal Violence
There is an intuitive appeal to the notion that the more lethal the weaponry the more lethal the violence. We explore one aspect of lethal weaponry, firearm accessibility. Using nation-level (N = 168) data from the Small Arms Survey and the World Health Organization's measures of mortality we examine whether rates of small arm ownership have a positive effect on rates of homicide and suicide. Contrary to the opportunity model, the accessibility o…
Religion and Ideological Support for Social Movements: The Case of Animal Rights
Charles W. Peek, Mark A. Konty, Terri E. Frazier, Religion and Ideological Support for Social Movements: The Case of Animal Rights, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Sep., 1997), pp. 429-439
Differences in value and attitude change over the life course
An abundance of research has asserted that there are predictable changes that occur to a person's values and attitudes over the life course. This assertion follows the claim by some theorists that values and attitudes are similar in structure and function. This report tests the assertion that values and attitudes are mutable early in the life course, change to a conservative orientation over time, and eventually stabilize in the later stages of t…
Scared selfish: A culture of fear’s values in the age of terrorism
Microanomie: The Cognitive Foundations of the Relationship Between Anomie and Deviance
Emile Durkheim and Robert Merton spawned a century of research on the effects of anomie on rule‐breaking behavior. During that time “strain” emerged as the social psychological mechanism producing deviant behavior from the effects of anomie. This research challenges the primacy of the affective strain mechanism, arguing that anomie produces a cognitive state—referred to as microanomie—where self‐enhancing values are higher priority than self‐tran…
Of Deviance and Deviants
In concluding this special issue on a sociology of deviance in the new millennium I'd like to thank all of the scholars who participated in the panels at the American Society of Criminology (2004)
Labeling
In the sociology of deviance the concept of labeling is used in two interrelated ways. One involves the labeling of people as deviants . When people are so labeled, they are judged to be deviant by some standard and the label has important sociological and psychological consequences. The other is the labeling of actions as deviance . When actions are labeled as such, there tends to be an actual or assumed non‐normative behavior, and that reaction…
When in Doubt, Tell the Truth: Pragmatism and the Sociology of Deviance
The recent debates over the viability and utility of the sociology of deviance do an effective job of addressing past criticisms and highlighting the current problems with the field. There are, however, few solutions put forth. Revisiting the pragmatist roots in social theory is proposed to address both the ideological criticisms of the field as well as the seeming stagnation in theory and research. The utility of pragmatism in studying deviance …
Small Arms Mortality: Access to Firearms and Lethal Violence
There is an intuitive appeal to the notion that the more lethal the weaponry the more lethal the violence. We explore one aspect of lethal weaponry, firearm accessibility. Using nation-level (N = 168) data from the Small Arms Survey and the World Health Organization's measures of mortality we examine whether rates of small arm ownership have a positive effect on rates of homicide and suicide. Contrary to the opportunity model, the accessibility o…
Refining the theory of basic individual values
We propose a refined theory of basic individual values intended to provide greater heuristic and explanatory power than the original theory of 10 values (Schwartz, 1992). The refined theory more accurately expresses the central assumption of the original theory that research has largely ignored: Values form a circular motivational continuum. The theory defines and orders 19 values on the continuum based on their compatible and conflicting motivat…
Authority and Conformity
A common phenomenon in social groups (some would say a requirement of them) is the existence of authority: the right or power to give orders and to enforce standards. Authority is meaningful only if people comply with those rules and orders. Conformity, compliance with orders and standards, is the corollary to authority
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Criminology (6 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Statistics (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)