SOC 2070 Lecture 14: Social deviance notes
2 Dec 2016
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Time: wednesdays : time 7:00 9:50: location: alex 200. Norm dubeski : office hours wednesdays 5:30 to 6:50: In sociology 2070 social deviance we explore how people are condemned labeled as. bad and somehow immoral (deviant) for their actions, beliefs, and characteristics that are considered reprehensible by the broader society. We study both the social phenomena that is considered deviant (such as illegal drug use, crime, and unusual sexual practices) and the processes and effects of labeling people for engaging in this deviance. Some students new to the study of deviance plunge right in without first understanding what it is. Rather, the study of deviance examines how notions of both what is acceptable and unacceptable are socially constructed and how people are affected by that construction. In a sense, the social processes that make something socially acceptable are the same that make something else unacceptable.
