SO 210 - Deviance and Social Control

Institution:

Franklin Pierce University

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Description:

Focuses on the ways society defines institutional and non-institutional deviance and the deviant. Included is an investigation into why socially prohibited behavior occurs and why/what society does to control or prevent it. Various sociological theories (i.e., structural functionalism, culture conflict, cultural transmission, anomie, radical-conflict, control, interactionism) are studied. Also examined are the qualitative and quantitative approaches used to study deviance. Prerequisite: SO101.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2007 - 09/01/2007 

Institution Website:

www.franklinpierce.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 899-4000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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