LA-340 Social Deviance

This course examines deviance as social phenomena with particular attention to its causes and to the methods society has developed in response to deviant behavior. The course addresses the nature of both criminal and non-criminal forms of deviance, a variety of theoretical perspectives to address etiological causes of such behaviors, and the role of society in labeling certain segments of the population.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

LA-102; LA-240