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Deviant Behavior and Social Control (BA)

 

The major in Deviant Behavior and Social Control (DBSC) is designed to provide students with a basic interdisciplinary understanding of important social problems and institutional responses to treat and control them. This foundation is enhanced by a comprehensive understanding of cultural variation and macro- and micro-social and historical contexts as these apply to human conflict. This major also teaches students the ethnographic and ethnological perspectives and skills used in professional field research, while maintaining strong interdisciplinary content. The DBSC major prepares students to be professionally effective in diverse and challenging fields including social services, protective and corrective services, probation, parole, community reintegration and treatment. The research, writing, and interdisciplinary theoretical training provide majors with the background necessary for graduate programs in social work, law, or the social sciences. The core requirements pertain to theory ethnographic methods, cross-cultural research and analysis, while electives demonstrate applications of both theory and method to particular problems.

Some details:
Part 1: Anthropology Core
Part 2: Interdisciplinary Core
Part 3: Interdisciplinary Concentrations

Credits required: 33

Prerequisites: ANT 101 and SOC 101. These courses fulfill the College’s general education requirements in the social sciences.

Advisor: Professor Elizabeth Hegeman, Department of Anthropology (212.237.8289, ehegeman@jjay.cuny.edu)

Additional Information: Students who enrolled for the first time at the College in September 2003 or thereafter must complete the major in the form presented here. Students who enrolled prior to that date may choose the form shown here or the earlier version of the major. A copy of the earlier version can be obtained at the Office of Undergraduate Studies or at the Lloyd George Sealy Library.


PART 1. ANTHROPOLOGY CORE Subtotal: 15 credits

Required
Anthropology 210 Sex and Culture
Anthropology 212 Applied Anthropology
Anthropology 315 Systems of Law
Anthropology 340 Anthropology and the Abnormal
Anthropology 450/Psychology 450/Sociology 450 Major Works in Deviance and Social Control

PART 2. INTERDISCIPLINARY CORE Subtotal: 6 credits

Required
Statistics 250 Principles and Methods of Statistics

Select one
Psychology 221 Social Psychology
Sociology 314 Theories of Social Order


PART 3. INTERDISCIPLINARY CONCENTRATIONS Subtotal: 12 credits

Select four of the following courses.
Only two may be at the 100-level. Students are encouraged, but not required, to take at least two courses in one of the concentrations below.

A. Alcohol and Substance Abuse
African-American Studies Justice 210 Drugs and Crime in Africa
Anthropology 110/Psychology 110/Sociology 110 Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse in American Society
Anthropology 264 Anthropology of Alcohol Use
Literature 269 Alcoholism and Literature
Psychology 255 Group Dynamics in Chemical Dependency Counseling
Psychology 266 Psychology of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Psychology 268 Therapeutic Interventions in Chemical Dependency
Psychology 331/Counseling 331 Assessment and Clinical Evaluation in Chemical Dependency Counseling
Psychology 350/Counseling 350 Advanced Topics in Chemical Dependency Counseling
Psychology 480 Ethical and Professional Issues in Chemical Dependency Counseling
Latin American and Latiina/o Studies 250 Drugs, Crime and Law in Latin America
Sociology 160 Social Aspects of Alcohol Use
Sociology 161 Chemical Dependency and the Dysfunctional Family
Sociology 435 Current Controversies in Alcoholism and Substance Abuse


B. Criminal Deviance
African-American Studies Justice 230/Latin American and Latina/o Studies 230 Comparative Perspectives on Crime in the Caribbean
Anthropology 230 Culture and Crime
Economics 170 Introduction to the Economics of Crime and Social Problems
Economics 315/Police Science 315 An Economic Analysis of Crime
Literature 327 Crime and Punishment in Literature
Psychology 372 Psychology of Criminal Behavior
Sociology 203 Criminology
Sociology 240 Social Deviance
Sociology 308 Sociology of Violence
Sociology 335 Migration and Crime
Sociology 351 Crime and Delinquency in Asia
Sociology 360/Economics 360 Corporate and White Collar Crime
Sociology 420/Criminal Justice 420 Women and Crime


C. Identity and Inequality in America
African-American Studies Economics 250 Political Economy of Racism (formerly AAE 290)
African-American Studies Sociology 237 Institutional Racism (formerly AAS 293)
Anthropology 201 Culture Contact
Anthropology 208 Cities and Culture
History 214 Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 241 Puerto Rican/Latina/o Experience in Urban United States Settings
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 255 The Latin American Woman
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 267 History of Caribbean Migrations to the United States
Sociology 215 Social Control and Gender: Women in American Society


D. Law and Criminal Justice Systems
African-American Studies Justice 220 Law and Justice in Africa (formerly AAJ 293)
African-American Studies Sociology 215 Police and the Ghetto
Anthropology 330 American Cultural Pluralism and the Law
Corrections 101 Institutional Treatment of the Offender
Corrections 201 The Law and Institutional Treatment
Corrections 202 The Administration of Correctional Programs for Juveniles
Corrections 250 Rehabilitation of the Offender
Economics 215 Economics of Regulation and the Law
Government 250 International Law and Justice
Government 313/Law 313 The Law and Politics of Race Relations
Government 320 International Human Rights
Government 375 Law, Order, Justice and Society
History 320 History of Crime and Punishment in the United States
Philosophy 310/Law 310 Ethics and Law
Police Science 101 Introduction to Police Studies
Police Science 201 Police Organization and Administration
Police Science 235 Women in Policing
Psychology 370/Law 370 Psychology and the Law
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 201 Latinas/os and the Correctional System
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 261 Revolution and Social Change in Contemporary Latin America
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 220 Human Rights and Law in Latin America
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 322 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in Urban Latina/o Communities
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 325 The Latina/o Experience of Criminal Justice
Sociology 216 Probation and Parole: Principles and Practices
Sociology 301 Penology
Sociology 305 Sociology of Law


E. Medical and Psychiatric Treatment
African-American Studies Psychology 240/Psychology 240 Psychology of Oppression
Anthropology 445/Psychology 445 Culture, Psychopathology and Healing
Psychology 228 Psychology and Women
Psychology 234 Psychology of Human Sexuality
Psychology 236 Group Dynamics
Psychology 242 Abnormal Psychology
Psychology 268 Therapeutic Intervention in Alcoholism
Psychology 272 Correctional Psychology
Psychology 342/Counseling 342 Introduction to Counseling Psychology
Psychology 442 Key Concepts in Psychotherapy
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 321 Puerto Rican/Latina/o Community Fieldwork
Sociology 380 Laboratory in Dispute Resolution Skill Building


F. Child and Family Studies
Anthropology 224 Death, Dying and Society: A Life Crises Management Issue
History 221 Sex and the Family in American History
Psychology 202 The Family: Change, Challenges and Crisis Intervention
Psychology 232 Psychology of Adolescence and the Adolescent Offender
Psychology 275 Family Conflict and the Family Court
Latin American and Latina/o Studies 265 Class, Race and Family in Latin American History
Sociology 309 Juvenile Delinquency

Total: 33 credits