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Teaching a Course on Deviant Groups: A Neglected Aspect of Deviance
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Smith, David. 2010. “Teaching a Course on Deviant Groups: A Neglected Aspect of Deviance”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/teaching-a-course-on-deviant-groups-a-neglected.

Abstract

A course on deviant groups, taught since 1986, is described. Most courses on deviance take an individual-level approach; groups are brought in only as an afterthought. This course, by contrast, focuses on deviant groups of different kinds (not only cults and communes), arguing that such groups are important sources of deviant behavior and are relatively...

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Subject Area(s):
Social Control
Resource Type(s):
Essay
Class Level(s):
College 200

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