SOC 272 - De viant Behavior

Institution:

Assumption University

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Description:

This course examines how particular acts, beliefs, and conditions come to be de?ned as deviant; who confers the label of “deviant” upon whom; and how a deviant identityis managed by those persons successfully labeled “deviant.”The main theoretical approach employed in this course, social constructionism, argues that deviant behavior cannot be understood in isolation from differentials in social power that permit some groups in society to de?ne their lifestyles, beliefs, and status as superior and preferred. Speci?c topics to be covered include crime and delinquency; mental illness; drug and alcohol addiction; “alternative” lifestyles; the socialorganization of deviant subcultures; and elite deviance (white-collar crime). Required for the Criminology Concentration. Gendron/ Three credits

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.assumption.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 767-7000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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