This edited book is intended to be used either as a core text or an accompanying reader for courses in sociological deviance. The editor, Bob Heiner, argues that deviance, being culturally relative, can best be taught through a cross-cultural analysis. Some books make a mention of other cultures to underscore differences or similarities; this book has as its major strategy using examples not just from the United States but also across cultures to ask the key questions about deviant behavior. The book uses three to four articles per section (of which there are 9) to demonstrate the ways in which what we may consider "deviant" is in fact culturally laden.