PV24TK022 Social Pathology 1

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
12/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Completion of the discipline: Basics of sociology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to clarify the role and position of the discipline of Social Pathology or Social Deviance in the system of sociology and other social sciences. Students will gain an orientation in professional terminology, social factors of the causes of individual social deviations will be analyzed. The discipline also introduces traditional and modern theories of social pathology/deviance. The above mentioned issues will also be illustrated by the example of works of Czech and foreign sociologists.
Syllabus
  • Interpretation of basic concepts - social norm, social pathology, social deviance, anomie, risk behaviour and other related concepts. Institute of social control, social sanctions. Traditional views on deviant behaviour, types and classification of social deviance, function of social deviance in society. Normative conception of social deviance. Reactive conception of social deviance - social reaction theory, secondary deviance, factors influencing social reaction, deviant career. Biological, psychological and sociological theories of deviant behaviour - major representatives and approaches. Endogenous and exogenous factors.
Literature
    required literature
  • SKOPALOVÁ, J. Sociální patologie I. Opava 2018.
  • FISCHER, S., ŠKODA, J. Sociální patologie - Závažné sociálně patologické jevy, příčiny, prevence, možnosti řešení. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-5046-0. info
  • GOFFMAN, E. Stigma: poznámky k problému zvládání narušené identity. Praha: Slon, 2003. ISBN 80-86429-21-0. info
    recommended literature
  • JANIŠ, Kamil, Jitka SKOPALOVÁ and Kamil JANIŠ. Slovník vybraných pojmů k oblasti prevence rizikového chování (A glossary of selected concepts in the field of prevention of risk behaviour). 1. vydání. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2017, 144 pp. Fakulta veřejných politik. ISBN 978-80-7510-237-9. info
  • HRČKA, M. Sociální deviace. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2001. ISBN 80-85850-68-0. info
  • MUNKOVÁ, G. Sociální deviace. Praha: Aleš Čeněk, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7380-398-8.
  • STUART, H., HOWARD, L. M. Social deviance. Cambridge, UK; Medford, MA: Polity Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-509-52354-2.
  • URBAN, L., DUBSKÝ, J., BAJURA, J. Sociální deviace. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7380-397-1. info
  • KRAUS, B., HRONCOVÁ, J. a kol. Sociální patologie. Hradec Králové: GAUDEAMUS, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7435-080-1. info
  • MATOUŠEK, O., MATOUŠKOVÁ, A. Mládež a delikvence. Praha: Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-825-8. info
Teaching methods
Monological (reading, lecture, briefing)end Dialogical.
Assessment methods
Combined exam: to pass the oral exam, a 70% cross-sectional written test is required.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 12 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Students will work on correspondence tasks from the study support (inserted in IS Study materials posted under the course) within the set deadline. The scope will be specified in contact teaching.
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