Sociology of Deviant Behavior Lecture Notes

Robert Keel, Instructor

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Part 1

• What is Deviance?
• Defining Deviance
• Theories of Deviance: Demonic and Classical
• Theories of Deviance: Positivism
• Theories of Deviance: Biological and Psychological
• Theories of Deviance: Social
• Durkheim: Suicide and Anomie

Part 2

• Theories of Deviance and The Social Context: Functionalism
• Theories of Deviance: Social Disorganization and Control
• Theories of Deviance: Structural Strain
• Theories of Deviance: Subcultural
• Theories of Deviance: Social Learning
• Theories of Deviance and The Social Context: Labeling and Ethnomethodology
• Theories of Deviance and The Social Context: Conflict Theories
• Theories of Deviance and The Social Context: Feminism
• Theories of Deviance and The Social Context: The Sociology of Social Control-Structuralism
• Researching Deviance

Part 3

• Economic Crimes
• Violence
• White Collar Crime
• Drug and Alcohol Use
• Heterosexual Deviance
• Homosexuality and Deviance
• Mental Disorder
• Cognitive Deviance
• Physical Characteristics as Deviance

The information contained in these lecture notes derives from a wide variety of sources, yet the assigned texts: Erich Goode, "Deviant Behavior" 4th-8th editions (1994-2008) and Henry Pontell (ed.) "Social Deviance" 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions, are the primary sources. Ideas for the notes on theories of deviance draw extensively from Stephen Pfohl, "Images of Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological History" (McGraw-Hill, 1994). For further documentation and/or sources on specific information contained in these notes, please contact Mr. Keel. Back to the top.

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