4111 Deviance

 

COURSE SYLLABUS

sociology 4111 - deviant behavior  [pdf format]

paper assignment due at start of class, 11/7/06

midterm review sheet and sample questions

midterm grades

final review sheet

 


SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS

9/12 T Uggen, Criminology and the Sociology of Deviance (recommended only) [pdf]
9/28 R Behrens, Uggen, and Manza. Racial Threat and Felon Voting [pdf]
10/11 T EEOC Statistics: www.eeoc.gov/stats/harass.html

10/10 T MTF Survey: monitoringthefuture.org/purpose.html
11/21 T Huiras, Uggen, and McMorris.Career Jobs and Employee Deviance (recommended only) [pdf]

11/7 T Uggen and Blackstone. Sexual Harassment, Gender, and Power. [pdf]
[press release]


SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES
local counseling and resources for problems with violence, eating disorders, or relationships
[compiled by Heather Hlavka 5/04]


LECTURE SLIDES [note: lectures posted prior to class]

1. 9/5 T – Welcome! Social Facts and Social Constructions
2. 9/7 R - Defining Deviance
3. 9/12 T – Criminology, Deviance, and the Problem of Order
4. 9/14 R – Introduction to Deviant Careers
5. 9/19 T–
Subcultures, Power, and “Unconventional Sentimentality”
6. 9/21 R - Individualistic versus Sociological Theories
7. 9/26 T – Functionalism and Anomie
8. 9/28 R – Conflict and Threat Theories
9. 10/3 T - Labeling Theory and Moral Entrepreneurs
10. 10/5 R - Social Control Differential Association and Learning Theory
11. 10/10 T - Government Statistics and Surveys
12. 10/12 R - Observation, Interviews and Qualitative Approaches
13. 10/17 T- Review Session [review guide and sample questions]
14. 10/19 R - MIDTERM EXAMINATION
15. 10/24 T - Violence
16. 10/26 R - Property, Politics, Power
17. 10/31 T - The Woodsman
18. 11/2 R - Class exercises (visit FBI sex offender registries by state and note varying stigma)
19. 11/7 T - Heteronormativity & Sexual Norms and
20. 11/9 R - Sexual Deviance and identity
21. 11/14 T - WORKING PAPERS DUE - Drug Use and rulemaking
22. 11/16 R - Alcohol and desistance
23. 11/21 T - Corporate and occupational crime
24. 11/23 R - Thanksgiving Break
25. 11/28 T - Suicide
26. 11/30 R - No class
27. 12/5 T- Disabilities
28. 12/7 R - Goffman, Stigma, & Bodies
29. 12/12 T - Catch up and review
30. 12/20 W - FINAL EXAM 1:30pm-3:30pm


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