Deviance and social control
Proposed to be offered next in 1996
B Wearne
8 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: First-year SCY sequence or equivalent
Introduction to the field of study - definition and nature of the concept of social deviance. What constitutes the field of study? Theoretical approaches: psychological approaches, eg psychoanalytical, behavioural; sociological approaches: structural functionalism, ecological, anomie theory, symbolic interactionist/labelling/social phenomenological and conflict perspective. Examination of empirical studies related to different deviant categories, eg mental illness, delinquency, criminality. Crosscultural comparisons of deviant phenomena. Study of agents of social control in Australian society, eg law enforcement agencies, psychiatric institutions.
Assessment
Two essays (2500 words): 40% each * Test (1 hour): 20%