SOC 104 - Deviance
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- Class Size
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- Credits
- 4
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4J · CSU GE Area D0
- Description
- This course is an examination of the social construction of deviance with emphasis on theoretical perspectives explaining how people become or are labeled as deviant. Topics studied will include crime, substance abuse, mental illness, sexuality, cognitive deviance, and elite deviance. The social construction of deviance in politics, social policy, the media, and popular culture will also be a special focus.