Sociology 562 Spring 2001

Sociology of Deviance and Social Control Jennifer L. Dunn

Texts:

Braithwaite, John. (1989). Crime, Shame and Reintegration. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Garland, David. (1990). Punishment and Modern Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Goffman, Erving. (1963). Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. New York: Touchstone.

Jenkins, Phillip. (1998). Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Miller, Gale and James A. Holstein (eds.). (1993). Constructionist Controversies: Issues in Social Problems Theory. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Traub, Stuart H. and Craig B. Little (eds.) (1999). Theories of Deviance (5th ed.). Itasca: F. E. Peacock.

• Readings available at Morris Library (MLR)

Seminar Requirements for Sociology of Deviance and Social Control

1. Regular attendance and active participation in discussion.

2. Completion of all readings on schedule.

3. Serving as discussion leader(s) as assigned.

4. Oral presentation of seminar paper.

5. Seminar paper (due by 4:00 May 7).

SEMINAR PAPER

The paper (of potential journal quality and length--25-30 pages) may be one of two types: {1} an analysis of empirical material (if you are currently engaged in research which is yielding data on deviance and/or social control) or {2} a literature review of significant theoretical and or empirical work beyond what is assigned in seminar.

(1) Data analysis: Character and format are to be worked out with me. Do not proceed until we have discussed focus (e.g., type of phenomena), question to be addressed, relevant literature, tentative outline, etc.

(2) Literature review: The goal here is the demonstration of your mastery and synthesis of a significant body of work within the sociology (or social scientific study) of deviance (beyond materials covered in the seminar itself). The organizing frame may be a perspective (e.g., conflict theory, labeling theory, control theory), a specific form of deviance or social control (e.g., drug use, young republicans, mandatory sentencing), a specific type of deviance-related phenomena (e.g., primary deviance, societal reaction, managing spoiled identities) or a specialized concern emerging out of your own research interests (e.g., the role of normative expectations in young women's sexual decision making, the amplification of deviance in athletes ordered to undergo psychological evaluation following racist remarks). Do not proceed, however, until you have discussed the organizing frame with me and I have approved it.

Week 1 (January 22): Orientation and Introduction

"Preface" and "Introduction" in Traub and Little (hereinafter, T&L).

"Whither criminological theory?" (Chapter 1) in Braithwaite.

Week 2 (January 29): Functionalist Foundations

"Functionalism" (Chapter I), "Social Disorganization" (Chapter II), and "Anomie" (Chapter III) in T&L.

Week 3 (February 5): Some Permutations

"Control Theory" (Chapter V), and sections 39-41 (from Chapter VIII) in T&L.

Daly, Martin and Margo Wilson. 1988. Homicide. "Homicide and Human Nature," and "Killing Children II," In MLR.

Fishbein, D. (1990). "Biological Perspectives in Criminology," (1994). In MLR.

Week 4: (February 12): Conflicts and Critics

"Politics and Class in the Study of Deviance" (Chapter VII) and sections 38, 42, and 43 (from Chapter VIII) in T&L.

Week 5: (February 19): Societal Reaction

"Differential Association and Neutralization" (Chapter IV) and "Labeling and Deviance" (Chapter VI) in T&L.

Becker, H.S. (1963). Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance. "The Study of Deviance," and "Labelling Theory Reconsidered," in MLR.

Becker, H. S. (1973). "Introduction," pp. 1-6 and "Societal Reaction to Deviant Behavior," by John Kitsuse in MLR.

Gove, W. (1980). The Labelling of Deviance. "The Labelling Perspective," "Labeling and Mental Illness," "The 'New Conception of Deviance and Its Critics," and Chapter 11, "Comments," in MLR.

Week 6: (February 26): Micropolitics and Restoring Order

Goffman, Erving. (1963). Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. New York: Touchstone.

Clark, Candace. (1997). "Interpreting Deviance," In MLR.

Mills, C. (1940). "Situated Actions and Vocabularies of Motive." In MLR.

Scott, M., & Lyman, S. (1968). "Accounts." In MLR.

Scully, D. and J. Marolla. (1984). "Convicted Rapists' Vocabularies of Motive." In MLR.

Stokes, R., & Hewitt, J. P. (1976). "Aligning Actions." In MLR.

Week 7: (March 5): A Social Constructionist Exemplar

Jenkins, Phillip. (1998). Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America. New Haven: Yale University Press.

MARCH 12--SPRING BREAK (no meeting)

Week 8: (March 19): A Synthetic Approach

Crime, Shame and Reintegration. (1989) by John Braithwaite.

Week 9: (March 26): Social Control

Garland, David. (1990). Punishment and Modern Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Week 10: (April 2): Thinking Through Social Constructionism

Miller, Gale and James A. Holstein (eds.). (1993). Constructionist Controversies: Issues in Social Problems Theory. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Weeks 11-13: (April 9, 16, 23): Seminar Paper Presentations

Week 14: (April 30) Summations and Reflections