Explain how the pluralistic nature of U.S. society influences our perceptions of deviance and crime.
Identify different acts according to a corresponding type of deviance, as everyday, sexual, criminal, or otherwise.
Explain various acts of deviance, whether criminal or non-criminal using biological, functionalist, social conflict, and symbolic interactionist theories.
Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these various theories of deviance.
Compare and contrast theories of deviance.
Illustrate how social control is informally and formally enacted.
Investigate problematic outcomes in which social control is disproportionately enacted based on race, class, and gender.
