PV24TK022 Social Pathology 1

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
12/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimíra Kocourková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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.
Timetable
Fri 24. 10. 9:45–11:20 C208, 13:55–15:30 C201, Fri 31. 10. 8:05–11:20 C201, Fri 14. 11. 8:05–9:40 C201, Fri 28. 11. 8:05–9:40 C208
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
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.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to: - characterize the basic concepts of the topic,
- describe how the emergence of social deviance is perceived by selected theories
- explain how different theoretical approaches can view specific examples of socially deviant behavior
- distinguish between normative and reactive concepts of social deviance
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
Fulfilling the assignments. Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2024.
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