Crime, Law, and Deviance Minor

Program Coordinator: Melinda Kane (404-A Brewster Building; 252-737-2478; kanem@ecu.edu)

The Crime, Law, and Deviance Minor provides a sociological analysis of the patterns and explanations for crime and deviance - a broader category of behavior, identities, and attitudes perceived to violate social norms - as well as legal behavior. It explores how the experience and interpretation of crime and deviance varies across diverse populations and contexts. The courses in the minor will help students critically evaluate the societal causes, consequences, and responses to crime and deviance, including the importance of power dynamics, cultural expectations, and social inequalities which can undermine the objectivity of legal systems.

The Crime, Law, and Deviance Minor is not available to sociology majors (BA or BS).

The minor requires 18 s.h. as follows:

1. Core - 6 s.h.

2. Crime, law, and deviance electives - 9 s.h.

Choose courses from the following:

SOCI 3330 - Criminology
SOCI 3620 - Gender and Sexuality Based Violence: A Sociological Analysis
SOCI 4320 - Sociology of Law
SOCI 4322 - Law and Social Change
SOCI 4360 - Sociology of Protest and Activism
SOCI 5300 - Seminar in Juvenile Delinquency
And other courses as approved by the minor advisor or the sociology director of undergraduate studies

3. Social diversity elective - 3 s.h.

Choose a course from the following: