SOC 6030 - Seminar: Crime and Deviance

This course is an advanced survey of crime and deviance theories. The course will cover the history and development of theories of crime and deviance. Additional attention is focused on the methodological approaches and data sources used to estimate the distribution of crime and deviance in the U.S., and how to use and evaluate these different sources.

Requisites: Graduate Standing
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will learn how scientific understandings of crime and deviance are inherently bound up with other cultural, organizational, social, and political practices.
Students will learn what different methodological approaches and data sources tell us about the distribution of crime and deviance in the U.S., and how to use and evaluate these different sources.
Students will understand the central theories scientists have developed to understand criminal and deviant behaviors and social responses to crime.
Students will understand the significant ethical challenges and responsibilities of engaging in a science whose products have such weighty implications for the lives of individuals.