Deviance

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Deviance (3-0) This course examines the key concept of deviance in terms of how deviant acts and actors can be both functional and dysfunctional to the social order. The course considers 1) how collective conceptions of "deviant behavior" are created, maintained, and altered over time, 2) the existing theoretical paradigms that organize and account for deviant behavior, 3) the nature and dynamics of deviant behaviors that attract the attention of social scientists, the media, public policy makers and others.