Academic Catalog

SOC434 CORPORATE ORGANIZED AND CRIMES

Course Code: 2320434
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Sociology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. MEHMET KAYHAN MUTLU
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Patterns of deviance and crime. Theories in social deviance and crime, such as anomie, subculture, differential association and labeling approaches. Status frustration and adaptation to strain, deviance and conflict; the structure and process of deviance. Social reaction to deviant behavior and labeling outsiders. Deviance and identity, the defensive deviant act. Subculture groups. Types of crime, homicide, rape, robbery, burglary, etc.