Sciences of Deviant Behaviour II

Code:

C107

Acronym:

CCDV I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Behavior Sciences

Instance: 2008/2009 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Criminology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
C	77	Oficial Study Plan LC	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

English

Objectives

This course aims to provide:
- An overview of the main sociological perspectives.
- An understanding of the main sociological approaches of deviance and societal reaction.

Program

I- Introduction
1. Key concepts of sociological thinking
2. Comte, Marx, Durkheim e Weber.
3. Functionalism, symbolic interactionism, ethnometodology and “social construction of reality”.

II-Psychosocial and sociological approaches of deviance, delinquency and societal reaction.
1.Tarde, Durkheim and the Chicago School
2. Deviance, delinquency and social structure (anomie, strain and delinquent subcultures).
3. Deviance, delinquency and social process (social learning and differential association)
4. Control theories (containment and social bond).
5. Interactionism and societal reaction theories
6. Conflict theories

III- Delinquent association: delinquent peer group bonding, co-offending, delinquent networks, gangs and organised crime.

Main Bibliography

- Agra, C; Queirós, C.; Manita, C.; Fernandes, L. (1997). Biopsicossociologia do Comportamento Desviante. Separata especial da Revista do Ministério Público, nº 69.
- Aron, R. (1994). As etapas do pensamento sociológico, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 1994.
- Becker, H. (1997). Outsiders. New York: The Free Press.
- Bottoms, A., & Wiles, P. (1997). Environmental Criminology. In Maguire, Morgan & Reiner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp.305-349). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Campenhoudt, L. (2003). Introdução à análise dos fenómenos sociais. Lisboa: Gradiva.
- Cruz, M. (1989). Teorias sociológicas. Os fundadores e os clássicos (antologia de textos). Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1989.
- Cohen, A. ( 1966). Deviance and control. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
- Durkheim, E. (1998). As regras do método sociológico, Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 1998.
-Durkheim, E. (1998). O suicídio, Lisboa: Editorial Presença.
- Garfinkel, H. (2001). Studies in ethnometodology. Cambridge: Polity Press.
- Goffman, E. (1993). Apresentação do eu na vida de todos os dias, Lisboa: Relógio de Água.
- Goffman, E. (1991). Asylums: Essais on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates. Londres: Penguin Books.
- Hudson, B. (1997). Social Control. In Maguire, Morgan & Reiner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp.451-465). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Marshall, B. et al. (2001). Sociology of deviant behaviour. Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
- Moyer, I. (2001). Criminological Theories. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications.
- Rock, P. (1997). Core Analytical Perspectives. . In Maguire, Morgan & Reiner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp. 233-255). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Siegel, L. (1995). Criminology. West Publishing Company. Londres: Sage Publications.
- Sumner, C. (2005). The social nature of crime and deviance. In C. Sumner (Ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Criminology. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Vold, G. & Bernard, Th. (1986). Theoretical Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Walklate, S. (1998). Understanding Criminology – current theoretical debates. Buckingham: Open University Press.
- Weber, M. (1993). Metodologia das ciências sociais I. Campinas: Cortez Editora.

Complementary Bibliography

More specific bibliography will be provided during each session.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical sessions are used to describe and discuss the main contents of the program. Practice sessions are orientated toward the analysis and discussion of scientific literature and other resources previously prepared by the students. The course will also provide tutorial sessions.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	0,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

See general rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

See general rules.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

See general rules.

Classification improvement

See general rules.

Observations

- Agra, C; Queirós, C.; Manita, C.; Fernandes, L. (1997). Biopsicossociologia do Comportamento Desviante. Separata especial da Revista do Ministério Público, nº 69.
- Aron, R. (1994). As etapas do pensamento sociológico, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 1994.
- Becker, H. (1997). Outsiders. New York: The Free Press.
- Bottoms, A., & Wiles, P. (1997). Environmental Criminology. In Maguire, Morgan & Reiner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp.305-349). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Braga da Cruz, M. (2001). Teorias Sociológicas. Os Fundadores e os Clássicos (antologia de textos). Vol.I. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
- Campenhoudt, L. (2003). Introdução à análise dos fenómenos sociais. Lisboa: Gradiva.
- Cruz, M. (1989). Teorias sociológicas. Os fundadores e os clássicos (antologia de textos). Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1989.
- Cohen, A. ( 1966). Deviance and control. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
- Cohen, A. (1971). Delinquent boys : the culture of the gang . New York : The Free Press.
-Cohen, A. (2004). The content of the delinquent subculture. In J. Jacoby (Ed.), Classics of Criminology, Long Grove, Waveland Press, 248-253
- Coulon, A. (2004). L’École de Chicago. Paris. PUF
- Coulon, A. (1996). L’éthnométodologie. Paris: PUF.
.- Durkheim, E. (1998). As regras do método sociológico, Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 1998.
-Durkheim, E. (1998). O suicídio, Lisboa: Editorial Presença.
- Garfinkel, H. (2001). Studies in ethnometodology. Cambridge: Polity Press.
- Goffman, E. (1993). Apresentação do eu na vida de todos os dias, Lisboa: Relógio de Água.
- Goffman, E. (1991). Asylums: Essais on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates. Londres: Penguin Books.
- Giddens, A. (2000). Capitalismo e moderna teoria social. Lisbia: Ed. Presença.
- Giddens, A. (2001). Sociologia. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
- Hobbs, D. (1997). Criminal collaboration: youth gangs, subcultures, Professional criminals and organized crime. In M. Maguire et al. (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 801-840.
- Hudson, B. (1997). Social Control. In Maguire, Morgan & Reiner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp.451-465). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Le Breton, D. (2004). L’interactionnisme symbolique. Paris:PUF.
- Marshall, B. et al. (2001). Sociology of deviant behaviour. Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
- Matza, D. (1969). Becoming deviant. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.- Biblioteca
- Merton, R. (2004) Social structure and anomie. In J. Jacoby (Ed.), Classics of Criminology, Long Grove, Waveland Press, 214-223.
- Moyer, I. (2001). Criminological Theories. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications.
- Park, R. & Burgess, E. (1968). The city. Chicago e Londres: The University of Chicago Press.
- Rocher, G. (1999). Sociologia geral, Vols 1 e2. Lisboa: Editorial Presença.
- Rock, P. (1997). Core Analytical Perspectives. . In Maguire, Morgan & Reiner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (pp. 233-255). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Sellin, Th. (2004). Culture conflict and crime. In J. Jacoby (Ed.), Classics of Criminology, Long Grove, Waveland Press, 240-247.
- Sumner, C. (2005). The social nature of crime and deviance. In C. Sumner (Ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Criminology. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Vold, G. & Bernard, Th. (1986). Theoretical Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Walklate, S. (1998). Understanding Criminology – current theoretical debates. Buckingham: Open University Press.