SOCL-3230 : Deviance and Social Control

Sociology | College of Arts and Sciences | UG

  • LSAP Goal 2 Response to the Cry of the Poor
  • LSAP Goal 7 Community Resilience and Empowerment
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

About this Course

Analysis of the nature and dynamics, norms and values, deviance and sanctions, and modes of social control. Theories of causes of deviant behavior, types of deviance, processes of becoming deviant, stigmatization; deviant groups and subcultures, deviance and race, ethnicity, gender, and class differences; deviance, innovation, and social change. Cross-listed with CRJS 2000.