Chapter I. Social Deviance And Military Sociology: Introduction -- PERSONAL EXPERIENCE -- MILITARY SOCIOLOGY AS A POINT OF VIEW -- THE PERSPECTIVE OF DEVIANCE THEORY -- PART ONE: DESCRIPTION -- PART TWO: INTERPRETATION -- Chapter II. Internal Controls: Courts-Martial -- THE USE OF LEGAL SANCTIONS -- THE RESEARCH PROBLEM: BRANCH OR INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL PATTERNS? -- COURTS-MARTIAL -- BRANCH COMPARISONS -- TYPES OF COURT-MARTIAL -- THE SEVERITY ISSUE -- BRANCH COURT-MARTIAL PATTERNS -- The U.S. Army -- The Navy -- The Marine Corps -- TRADITIONAL FORCE SANCTION CLIMATES -- The Air Force -- COMMANDERS' PREFERENCES FOR HARSH SANCTIONS -- NOTES: CHAPTER II -- Chapter III. Organizational Reaction: "Bad Paper" Discharges -- THE DISCHARGE SYSTEM: THE SOCIAL CREATION OF VETERANS -- ADMINISTRATIVE DISCHARGES: COMMANDERS' ASSESSMENTS OF CHARACTER, PERSONA, AND COMPLIANCE -- THE PUNITIVE DISCHARGES: CRIMINALITY -- DISHONOR -- BAD CONDUCT -- VARIATION IN THE BAD PAPER DISCHARGE RATE -- COURT SPONSORED BAD PAPER -- THE DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE -- THE BAD CONDUCT DISCHARGE -- MOVEMENTS IN PUNITIVE BAD PAPER -- PEACETIME PUNITIVE COMPARISONS -- SUMMARY: THE STRUCTURE OF BAD PAPER -- NOTES: CHAPTER III -- Chapter IV. Containment and Expulsion -- CENTRAL ASSUMPTIONS FOR DEVIANCE MANAGEMENT -- MANPOWER SCARCITY -- CONTAINMENT AND EXPULSION -- THE STRUCTURE OF CONTROL -- EXPULSIONS FOR LESS SERIOUS OFFENSES -- DISCUSSION -- SUMMARY -- NOTES: CHAPTER IV -- Chapter V. The Physical and Social Risks of War -- SOCIAL RISK AND CONTROL -- THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL RISKS OF WAR -- THE FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- SUMMARY -- NOTES: CHAPTER V -- Chapter VI. Organizational Reaction and the Officer-Enlisted Distinction -- METHODOLOGY -- TURNING POINTS IN DEPLOYMENT PATTERNS -- MOBILIZATION FOR WAR -- SELECTION -- SOLDIERLY CAPABILITIES -- THE EVOLUTION OF ENLISTED SKILL STRUCTURE.

ENLISTED AND OFFICER EDUCATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS -- DISCUSSION -- SOCIAL HOMOGENEITY AS A THREAT TO THE OFFICER-ENLISTED DISTINCTION -- SOCIAL ORIGINS EXPLANATIONS OF CONTROL PATTERNS -- CORRECTING FOR "THE MISTAKE" OF AN UNPOPULAR WAR -- THE IMPACT OF THE ENLISTED COLLEGE GRADUATE ON SOCIAL CONTROL PATTERNS -- ORGANIZATIONAL REACTION AND EDUCATIONAL HETEROGENEITY -- NOTES: CHAPTER VI -- Chapter VII. Organizational Reaction and the Volume of Deviance in the Army: The Vietnam Era -- MILITARY ABSENTEES: AWOL AND DESERTION -- SETTING THE STAGE: PERCEPTION -- DEFINING THE PROBLEM: INDIVIDUAL DEFICIENCIES -- THE QUEST FOR PROFILES -- BRANCH VARIATION IN DESERTION RATES -- THE EXTENT AND MEANING OF ABSENTEEISM -- SOLDIER-INITIATED DEVIANCE RATES -- THE SECOND TIER OF CONTROL -- CROSS BRANCH CONTROL PATTERNS: ARTICLE 15 -- OFFICER-INITIATED INTERPRETIVE CONTROLS -- DISCUSSION: DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL -- SUMMARY -- NOTES: CHAPTER VII -- Chapter VIII. Social Deviance in Military Institutions: Summary and Implications -- THE COURTS -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION: -- CROSS-BRANCH COMPARISONS -- THE STRUCTURE OF BAD PAPER -- DISCUSSION -- CONTAINMENT AND EXPULSION OF DEVIANTS -- DISCUSSION: SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE MILITARY -- SOCIAL RISK AND CONTROL -- DISCUSSION: SOCIAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS -- THE OFFICER CORPS -- TURNING POINTS IN DEPLOYMENT PATTERNS -- THE IMPACT OF THE ENLISTED COLLEGE GRADUATE -- ORGANIZATIONAL REACTION AND EDUCATIONAL HETEROGENEITY -- DEVIANCE IN THE MILITARY SYSTEM -- DEFINING THE PROBLEM OF ABSENCE -- WHAT SOLDIERS DID: ABSENCE AS A DEVIANT ACT -- THE EXTENT AND MEANING OF ABSENTEEISM -- WHAT COMMANDERS DID: ORGANIZATIONAL REACTION -- ACTION AND REACTION -- NOTES: CHAPTER VIII -- Bibliography -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.