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Course: |
SOC 231
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Title: | Sociology-Deviant Behavior:SS3 |
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Long Title: | The Sociology of Deviant Behavior: GT-SS3 |
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Course Description: | Examines the nature, identification, and explanation of deviant categories. Theories, and philosophies as well as methods of treatment related to deviancy will also be considered. The course will study society`s attempts to control, change, and institutionalize those acts, individuals or groups that a population may deem unacceptable. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
I. Define and explain basic terms and concepts related to deviancy.
II. Define the relationship between social norms and deviant behavior
III. Identify the major theories of deviance
IV. Identify theoretical concepts related to the control and identification of deviancy
V. Analyze the historical course of deviancy from a global context
VI. Analyze the historical course of deviancy from an American context
VII. Analyze the social consequences of deviance
VIII. Differentiate between cultural universals regarding deviance and culturally determined definitions of deviant behavior
IX. Objectively analyze personal attitudes and beliefs regarding various deviancies.
X Catagorize and explain recognized forms of social deviance.
XI. Describe society`s changing solutions to the problems of deviance, analyze them, and propose alternatives.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Define key concepts and terms.
A. The Nature and Meaning of Deviance
B. Deviance and Society
II. Deviant Events and Social Control
A. Deviant Roles, deviant places, deviant acts and victims
B. Social Control Processes
C. The law as social control
III. The Social Context of Deviance
A. Urbanization
B. Sources of Deviant Attitudes
IV. Becoming Deviant
A. Socialization and Social Roles
B. The deviant`s perspective
C. Individualistic Theories of Deviance
1. Biological, Psychiatric and Psychoanalytic Explanations of Deviance
2. Rational Choice Theories of Deviance
V. General Theories of Deviance, Anomie and Conflict Theories
A. Social Pathology, Social Disorganization
B. Anomie and Conflict Theories
VI. Labeling, Control and Learning Theories of Deviance
A. Labeling Theory
B. Control Theory
C. Learning Theory
VII. Crimes of Interpersonal Violence
A. Crime as Deviance
1. Assault and Murder
B. Domestic Violence
C. Rape
D. Societal reaction to crimes of personal violence
VIII. Nonviolent Crimes
A. Property crimes
B. Conventional criminal careers
C. Political Crimes
D. Organized Crime
E. Professional Offenders
IX. White Collar and Corporate Crime
A. A History and Definition of White Collar Crime
B. Computer Crime
C. Corporate Criminal Behavior
X Drug Use and Addiction
A. Deviant Drug Use: Social Attitudes and Public Policy
B. Legal and Illegal Drugs and Drug Use
C. Marijuana, Opiates, Addiction, Cocaine
D. Societal Response, Treatment and Prevention of Drug Use
XI. Alcohol Addiction
A. Physiological, psychological aspects of alcohol addiction
B. Types of Drinkers
C. Variations in Drinking Behavior
D. Group and Subcultural influences on excessive drinking
E. Societal Response and public policy to drunkenness and alcoholism
XII. Sexual Deviance
A. Sexual Norms
B. Selected forms of sexual deviance
1. Extramarital sex
2. Sex on the Internet
3. Sex work and prostitution
XIII. Suicide
A. Suicide as Deviant Behavior
B. Historical Background
C. Demographic background of Suicide
D. Types of Suicide
E. Sociological Theories of Suicide
F. Preventing Suicide
G. Physician Assisted Suicide
XIV. Physical Disabilities
A. Deviance and Disabilities
B. Disabilities as a deviant Status
C. Types of Disabilities seen as Deviant
D. Disabilities and Socialization
E. Managing Disability
XV. Homosexuality and Homophobia
A. The history of public views of homosexuality
B. Social Dimensions of Homophobia
C. The Law and Public Attitudes toward Homosexuality
D. Sex Role Development
E. Aids and the homosexual community
F. Current Controversies over homosexuality
XVI. Mental Disorders
A. The Stigma of Mental Disorders
B. The Types and Definitions of Mental Disorders
C. Social Stratification and Mental Disorder
D. Social Control and Mental Disorder
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