SOC 317: Deviant Behavior

This course investigates the behaviors labeled deviant, abnormal, or criminal in contemporary North American societies. It will cover the social identifications of such behaviors, the social responses, the social institutions developed around them such as mental health, the courts, police and prisons, and the psychosocial parameters of being labeled deviant. We will cover the various styles of deviance from non-conformity or eccentricity to crime and immorality as socially defined. We will also cover the history of eccentricity, mental illness, crime, law and order in Western civilizations. Offered Fall (2018, 2022)

Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 or sophomore standing.