Social Deviance

Catalog description

Nonconformist behavior - its causes, consequences and the social reaction - is the area of study. Definitions of deviance, analysis of social structure, social change, and social control will be analyzed in order to expand the student's knowledge of what society considers deviant behavior to be. Topics surveyed include crime, violence, suicide, family disorganization, alcoholism, drug addiction, and newly recognized deviances such as school violence and terrorism.