DEVIANCE
CCJ 4934 (Section #: 3109)
FALL SEMESTER - 2006
DAYS: Monday, Wednesday & Friday
TIME: 6th period (12:50 to 1:40 p.m.)
CLASSROOM: E221  CSE
PROFESSOR: Dr. Richard C. Hollinger
OFFICE: 217 Walker Hall
OFFICE HOURS: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday @ 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (or by appointment)
TELEPHONE: 392-1025 (extension #217 to leave messages on Voice Mail)
EMAIL: rhollin@crim.ufl.edu
WEB page: http://www.crim.ufl.edu/directory/rhollinger.html
PURPOSE:
The basic purpose of this course is to better understand the occurrence and reaction to deviant behavior in society. This course will not assume that deviance has only negative consequences, but rather, will argue that deviant acts and actors can be both functional and dysfunctional to the social order. After defining the concept of "deviance," the remainder of the course will be a detailed review of the various forms of behavior which are often considered to be "deviant" in western society using various theoretical explanations.
REQUIRED TEXT:
Sociology of Deviant Behavior (12th edition).
Marshall B. Clinard and Robert F. Meier
Thomson - Wadsworth, 2004.
ISBN: 0534-619479

RECOMMENDED TEXT:
A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers(5th edition).
Judith Richlin-Klonsky (Editor), Sociology Writing Group.  New York: Worth Publishing.
ISBN: 0313137621.

EXAMS:
There will be three exams given during the course. The first will be held at the end of September and the second will occur around the beginning of November. The third exam will be given during the final exam period. All exams will cover the readings and lectures over that particular third of the course and will each contribute one fifth of your final grade. The three exams consist of 50 multiple choice questions each worth one point. The final exam will not be comprehensive. Make-up exams will not be given except in truly unusual circumstances.
PAPERS:
Although this is NOT a Communications Requirement (i.e., Gordon Rule) course, two fifths of your final grade will be determined by two (2) four page minimum (eight page maximum), double-spaced, papers (12 point type with one inch margins)  which you will submit on a self-selected topic of deviance. Each of the two papers will detail what is known about the incidence and prevalence of a single particular type of deviant behavior. In each paper you also must employ two different deviance theories and discuss how these two theoretical perspectives can explain the occurrence of the single form of deviant behavior in question (or the reaction to the deviant behavior).

The first paper is due in class no later than Friday, October 13th  and the second is due no later than Wednesday, December 6th, 2006. You are encouraged to submit papers earlier than the final due dates. Five penalty points will be assessed for each day a paper is late.

GRADING:
Your final grade will be determined by the total number of points (out of the total possible nearly 250) you have accumulated in comparison to the rest of the members of the class, i.e., a "curve." Each of the three (3) tests and the two (2) papers will be worth approximately one fifth of your final grade). No extra credit work will be assigned or accepted. Cheating on tests, the sale of course notes, plagiarism (even electronic) on papers, or other forms of academic dishonesty will be considered grounds for course failure and referral to Student Honor Court. Daily class attendance and active participation in discussion is strongly encouraged and expected from all students.
ADA ACCOMMODATIONS:
Students requesting classroom disability accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office.  The Dean of Students Office will then provide documentation to your instructor regarding the requested accommodation.

Course Outline and Schedule
Date Week Topic Reading Assignment
August 23 1 Course Introduction & The Nature of Deviance Syllabus & Chapter 1
August 28 2 Deviant Events and Social Control Chapters 1& 2
Monday, September 4 Labor Day Holiday (no class)
September 4 3 Becoming Deviant  Chapter 3
September 11 4 Anomie and Conflict Theories of Deviance Chapter 4
September 18 5 Labeling, Control and Learning Theories of Deviance Chapter 5
September 25 6 Exam review Chapters 1-5
September 29  (estimated date) First Exam (in class) Chapters 1-5
October 2 7 Crimes of Interpersonal Violence Chapter 6
October 9 8 Non-violent Crimes Chapter 7
October 16 9 White Collar and Corporate Crime  Chapter 8
Friday, October 13 Paper One Paper One due date
October 23 10 Drug Use and Addiction Chapter 9
October 30 11 Drunkenness and Alcoholism  Chapter 10
November 3  (estimated date) Second Exam (in class) Chapters 6-10
November 6 12 Suicide  Chapter 12
November 13 13 Mental Disorders Chapter 15
November 20 14 Physical Disabilities Chapter 13
November 27 15 Sexual Deviance & Homosexuality Chapter 11 & 14
Wednesday, December 6 Last day of classes Paper Two due date
December 7 & 8 Review Days (no classes)
December 15 Third Exam Chapters 11-15
15C: 12:30 to 2:30 pm
PAPER TOPICS:
  Some suggested paper topics include, but are not limited to, the following
(If you have another topic in mind, please get approval from the instructor before beginning)

Abortion (stem cell research, partial birth abortions, clinic violence)
Academic Dishonesty, Plagiarism & Cheating
Anti-Globalization (world trade agreements)
Birth Control (use of condoms, pill, RU-486)
Blacklists (McCarthyism, John's Committee, Lynn Cheney's Academic Blacklist)
Body Decorations (piercing and tattoos)
Campaign Contribution Scandals
Cell phone use and etiquette
Censorship (school library books, movies, videos, music, Internet)
Cigarette Smoking
Computer Crime ( viruses, worms, phishing)
Corporate Crime (ENRON, MCI Worldcom Bankruptcy)
Cyberstalking
Drinking Problems (Binge on campus, alcoholism)
Drugs (Cocaine (powder vs. crack), medical use of marijuana, Roofies, Ecstasy, GHB, Ecstasy, Oxycontin, Ephedra)
Eating Disorders (bulimia and anorexia nervosa)
Epidemics and Pandemics  (AIDS/HIV, Ebola virus, Hepatitis, TB, SARS, Avian Flu)
Fake IDs and Drivers Licenses, Identity theft
Genetic Human Cloning (Eve and Korean researchers)
Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing (Rwanda, Bosnia, Serbia, Darfur in the Sudan)
Global Warming ("An Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore)
Governmental Corruption (Tom Delay and Jack Abramoff)
Guantanamo Bay Prison (and other secret prisons for terrorists)
Handgun Violence & gun control, (mass murder and workplace violence
Hate Crimes (skinheads, KKK, Matthew Shepard)
Heterosexual Deviance (prostitution/pornography/internet romance)
Homelessness (street people, vagrancy, St. Francis House)
Homosexuality (Gay Marriages, Adoption)
Hezbollah (Israeli invasion of Lebanon)
Illegal Immigration (Cuban immigrants vs. Haitian immigrants, Mexican Immigration)
Iraqi War (Sunni vs. Shia)
Jobs & Development vs. the Environment (Cement plants, Wal*Mart)
Mental Illness (Prozac, Ritalin)
Meagan's Law (neighborhood notification about sex offenders)
NCAA Athletic Violations and Sports Deviance (Landis and Doping)
Obscenity/Freedom of Speech & Press (pornography on the Internet)
Patriot Act (violation of civil liberties)
Palestinian/Israeli Conflict (West bank)
Physical Disabilities (ADA)
Police Corruption or Violence (NYC, LA, New Orleans, Cincinnati)
Professional Athletes and Crime
Prayer and Religion in Schools(Intelligent Design)
Rape (Forcible, Acquaintance, or Date)
Religious sects, cults, fundamentalism
Road Rage
School Violence (Columbine, Kip Kinkle)
Sexual Harassment
Shoplifting(Compulsive and Organized Gangs)
Spouse and/or Child Abuse
Suicide, Euthanasia, Death with Dignity (Dr. Kevorkian, Oregon's doctor assisted suicide law)
Terrorists (Suicide bombers, Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Saudi Royal Family, Fahrenheit 9/11)