Employs a critical sociological approach to deviance in contemporary society; explores the origins and functions of deviance; the institutional production and societal reactions to deviance; the impact of deviance on personal and social identity; and deviant careers. Studies the depiction of deviance in contemporary media through narratives of suicide, medicalization, gang behavior, hate crimes, moral panics, prostitution, elite deviance, and serial murder. Fulfills a Liberal Arts Social & Behavioral Sciences requirement.
Prerequisites
None.