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Dec 26, 2024
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Goucher College 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
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SOA 260 - Deviance and Social Control (4 Cr.)(formerly SOC 260)
This course introduces the concept of deviance as a social process, constructed by social actors with differing degrees of power in defining deviance and responding to it through various measures of social control. Topics explored include: how individuals become deviant, who defines the boundaries of deviance, stigma and other consequences of deviant labels, the temporal boundaries of deviant identities, and ethical considerations of researchers studying deviance. Spring semester. Offered 2017-18 and alternate years. Mullaney.
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