SOC 364 - Crime, Deviance, and Society (1)

This course investigates the ways in which deviance and social control operate in daily life and emphasizes the social construction of deviance. Course will explore the ways in which power and inequality shape social conceptions of deviance and expectations for socially controlling behaviors and the ways that privilege and inequality shape deviance and social control at structural and interactional levels, with specific attention to race, class, and gender. We will investigate social stigma facing poor and marginalized groups and the ways in which criminal justice could be more “just. Course will situate discussions within various theoretical contexts to help us better understand the way deviance and social control are embedded in our society. This course may count toward the SAN, SOC, and RES major. Prerequisite: SOC 101 Alternate years.
(Social Science)(Writing Encounter)