Deviance Difference & Conformity
Duration
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One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
2.Identify and differentiate the major theoretical perspectives that explain the sociological concept of deviance
3.Define and use a range of key sociological concepts to appraise the ways in which social processes and structures respond to notions and categories of deviance in a contemporary context
4.Discuss and critique published work and communicate this through informed written argument
Courses with unit
BA-ART3 Bachelor of Arts
BB-ARTBUS1 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business
BB-ARTSC Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
BB-EDSART1 Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Arts
BB-LAWART Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts
NOTE: This unit is in many Major unit sequences including Criminology, Behavioural Studies and Human Services Practice.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type |
Hours per week |
Number of Weeks |
Total |
On Campus Lecture |
1 |
12 |
12 |
On Campus Class |
2 |
12
|
24
|
Online Learning Activities |
2 |
12 |
24 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
7.5
|
12
|
90
|
TOTAL |
150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type |
Hours per week |
Number of Weeks |
Total |
Live Online
Class |
3 |
12 |
36 |
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning |
9.5 |
12 |
114 |
TOTAL |
150 hours |
Assessment
Types |
Individual or Group task |
Weighting |
Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Essay |
Individual |
30% |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
Project Presentation | Individual | 30% | 3, 4 |
Project Reports |
Individual/Group |
40% |
1, 2, 3 |
Content
- Traditional sociological explanations of deviance
- Sociological evolution of deviance
- Rules and the normative dimension: “kinds of people”; “kinds of rules”, notions of difference
- The modern context: the death of deviance
- Surveillance: Foucault and the postmodern world of post-deviance
- Feminism and deviance
- Law and deviance
- Crime, punishment and deviance
- Bodies and deviance
- Sex, sexuality, gender and deviance
- Minds and deviance
- Institutions: the church and the state and deviance
Study resources
- Reading materials.