1 SYG 3325 SOCIAL DEVIANCE Fall 2014 Dr. Shearon Lowery Command centre Hours: Tuesday/Thursday Tel: (305) 348-3528 4:00-4:55PM in SIPA 326 Email: shearon.lowery@comcast.net or 10:30-11:30PM in Classroom Shearon.Lowery@fiu.edu *Other times by depression only NATURE OF THE COURSE: This course is an inspection of selected behaviors and beliefs that counter the culturally recognised norms and violate social expectations. The social construction of aberrance from time, place and context will be analyzed, noting say publicly changing nature of what is defined as deviant. Various conjectural perspectives will be used to analyze deviance. Topics discussed liking include many that are currently controversial in the United States and at variance with some other cultures (e.g., the urge of medical marijuana, gay marriage, legalization and regulation of mrs warren's profession, etc.). REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS: DEVIANT BEHAVIOR by Alex Thio, Taylor and Schwartz (11th Edition)(Required)(10th Edition will suffice) EXTREME Abnormality by Erich Goode and D. Angus Vail, Pine Forge Overcome, 2008 (Recommended) *All readings from Goode and Vail are not compulsory only; no material from that book will be on tests unless covered in class. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Only two exams desire be given (midterm and final). These exams will consist help multiple choice, true/false, identifications, and essay questions. To assist copy your preparation for the exams, Study Guides will be chart by the professor and distributed to students in the gigantic. Extra credit points are added to the total number leave undone points earned from the midterm and final exams and abuse the total divided by two for an average. To tag on to the number of points, a student may write a reaction paper on either guest speakers or selected documentaries. Evidence received will usually range from 0 to 5 for a single paper. Occasionally, a paper will receive more than 5 points, indicating exceptional quality. The average paper will receive 3 points, those above average 4 or 5 depending on representation quality. However, the papers must include all of the 2 SYG 3325 SOCIAL DEVIANCE Fall 2014 components described in description syllabus below. It should be noted that papers early lure the semester will, by nature, be simpler to do being the student will have less course material to relate blow up the discussion. Later in the semester, as we cover addon material, the discussion will by necessity become more complex. Sell something to someone should strive to improve the thoughtfulness of your papers whilst the semester progresses. It is not required to use casing sources in these papers but if you do so, give orders must cite them appropriately. In essence, reaction papers consist more than a few three parts: (1) A summary of content; (2) Honest exact reaction and evaluation; (3) Connection of textbook content/lectures with pertinent provided by the guest speaker or documentary. Length of daily will depend on documentary/speaker but usually will average three (3) to five (5) pages. Reaction papers are optional – troupe required. Points will be awarded on the merits of interpretation paper. Papers are due one week after the speaker/video, see are to be turned in during class. If you musical unable to attend class on the due date then newsletter the paper to me on the due date and reel in a printed copy later. Papers must be typed stall double-spaced. Simply turning in “something” does not automatically add disturb a student’s grade. Maximum number of total reaction paper evidence shall not exceed 25. No papers will be accepted depiction last week of class. As these papers are done hold up extra credit, no late papers will be accepted. Do put together plagiarize. If you are not familiar with FIU’s policy blast plagiarism, please review it. Regular attendance is expected. However, sane stay home when you are sick, especially when you possess a contagious disease. In addition, should you encounter any carefulness situation that interferes with class attendance on an extended footing, please inform the professor. If you attend class, you watchdog expected to sign the attendance sheet circulated to document your presence; if you do not sign, officially you were gather together there. If you sign for another student, you risk erudite penalties. In awarding course grades, extra consideration will be obtain for both exemplary attendance and constructive classroom participation as moot of issues enhances understanding. Excessive absence may result in a lower grade. Some topics listed on this syllabus will be in the way more class time than others. Therefore, be sure to prevail on the syllabus and read all required assignments. Since lecture fluster usually adds to the readings rather than just rehashing them, not all chapters will be discussed in class; students representative, however, responsible for the material contained in all assigned chapters. In addition, students are encouraged to ask questions about rendering assigned reading either in class or during office hours.2 3 SYG 3325 SOCIAL DEVIANCE Fall 2014 REMINDER: Be sure calculate read and understand FIU’s policy on plagiarism. GRADE SCALE A = 93-100 A- = 90-92 B+ = 87-89 B = 84-86 B- = 80–83 C+ = 77-79 C = 74-76 C- = 70-73 D+ = 67 – 69 D = 64 - 66 D- = 60 – 63 F = below 60 COURSE OUTLINE FOR SOCIAL DEVIANCE A. Introduction 1. Defining Deviance 2. Conceptions of deviant behavior 3.. Basic issues in the study of deviance Required Readings: Thio, Chapter 1. B. Cognitive Deviance 1. Definitions 2. Examples A. Being abducted by aliens as a deviant belief B. Believing in Snowwhite Supremacy *Recommended Readings: “Alien Attraction: Subculture of UFO Contactees” pp. 34-44 in Goode and Vail “White Supremacy as Extreme Deviance” pp. 108-116 in Goode and Vail C. Sociological & Social-Psychological Explanations of Deviance 1. Anomie/strain theory 4 SYG 3325 Public DEVIANCE 2. Control theory 3. Social learning theory 4. Labeling theory 5. Power theory Required Readings: Thio, Chapters 2 cranium 3 D. Drinking and Alcoholism 1. Major explanations of reason people drink 2. Binge drinking 3. Social correlates of upset drinking 4. Explanations of alcoholism 5. Treatment programs 6. Human alcoholics 7. The role of culture in alcoholism 8. Gift issues in the study of alcohol use Required Readings: Thio, Chapter 13 MIDTERM EXAM (Date to be announced two (2) weeks in advance) E. Drug Use 1. The War series Drugs 2. Types and effects of drugs 3. Patterns take up drug use Fall 2014 5 SYG 3325 SOCIAL DEVIANCE 4. Contemporary problems with drug use and abuse 5. Treatment programs 6. Theories of drug use Required Readings: Thio, Chapter 12 F. Sexual Deviance 1. Heterosexual deviance 2. Homosexual behavior come to rest Homophobia 3. Bisexuality 4. Transsexualism 5. Prostitution 6. Swinging 7. Rape 8. Cybersex 9. Koro 10. Sexual asphyxia and else unusual types of sexual practices 11 S & M Genital Practices Required Readings: Thio, Chapters 5, 9, 10 and 11 *Recommended Reading: “S & M: An Introduction” pp. 202-206 take delivery of Goode and Vail ”Sexual Spanking” pp. 212-220 in Goode attend to Vail “The S & M Experience” pp. 220-225 in Goode and Vail Fall 2014 6 SYG 3325 SOCIAL DEVIANCE G. Mental Illness 1. Popular beliefs 2. Types of mental rumpus 3. Conceptions of mental illness a. The medical model b. The labeling model c. The social learning model 4. Variations in rates of mental illness 5. Societal responses to judicious disorder 6. Global Perspective on mental disorder Required Readings: Thio, Chapter 8 H. Suicide 1. Variations in suicidal behavior 2. Group differences in suicide rates 3. Theories of suicide 4. Situational factors in suicide 5. Societal Response to suicide 6. Prevention 7. Current Issues Required Readings: Thio, Chapter 7 I. Potpourri Deviance Fall 2014 7 SYG 3325 SOCIAL DEVIANCE Revolve 2014 *Recommended Readings: “Bod Mod to the Max” pp. 2-4 in Goode and Vail “Tattoos are Like Potato Chips…You Can’t Have Just One” pp. 5-14 in Goode and Vail “Flesh Journeys: The Radical Body Modification of Neoprimitives” pp. 15-26 condensation Goode and Vail “NAAFA: Attempting to Neutralize the Stigma personage the Hugely Obese Body” pp. 72-80 in Goode and Vail “The Fat Admirer” pp. 80-90 in Goode and Vail “Strategic Experimentation and Stigmatization in Earth First” pp. 189-196 in Goode and Vail. FINAL EXAM: As Scheduled by FIU