Reading Assignment 5 Labeling, Resistance, and Edgework Introduction, Tammy L. Anderson / Beyond Mead: The Societal Reaction to Deviance, Edwin W….

Reading Assignment 5
Labeling, Resistance, and Edgework
Introduction, Tammy L. Anderson /
Beyond Mead: The Societal Reaction to Deviance, Edwin W. Lemert /
Edgework: A Social Psychological Analysis of Voluntary Risk Taking, Stephen Lyng /
Criminal Resistance as Edgework in Viole
nt Intimate Relationships of Drug-Involved Women, Rajah Valli /
Connections: Labeling, Resistance and Edgework through Parkour, John J. Brent, Critical Thinking Questions /
fDiscuss Lyng’s concept of edgework (pp. 220-226), broken down into the following parts: edgework activities; edgework skills; edgework sensations.
What do you think is the most important contribution of edgework as a model of voluntary risk-taking?