Deviance & Social Control ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This course offers a comparative, historical and critical analysis of deviance and social control. The identification and enforcement of societal norms, values, sanctions, laws and punishment will be analyzed. The role of labeling and the subversive appropriation of labels by oppositional and deviant subcultures will also be addressed. This course was previously SOC-263634 Deviance and Social Control.