Course: Social Deviations

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Course title Social Deviations
Course code KVV/SODE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Křišťálová Jana, PhDr.
Course content
Sociological theories of social deviations. Criminality. Prisons. Addictions. Bullying. Sects and destructive cults. Psychic disorders.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to introduce to students the problems of social deviation and the system of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. The student will acquire the basic terms and the specificity of fundamental institutions in the safety social network, and will learn to map and identify socially risky phenomena. The student will be encouraged to think about the problems of norms, social control and their forms, normality, the cause of risky phenomena, and the possibilities and limits of their prevention.
The student will understand the problems. He/she will be able to recognize the signals of socially deviant behaviour and will be able to find a qualified intervention (in easier situations he/she will be able to help by himself/herself).
Prerequisites
unspecified
KVV/ZSOPS

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Credit is based on a seminar paper. Other requirements will be specified at the beginning of the term.
Recommended literature
  • Sociální deviace. Úvod do obecné teorie.. Praha: Svoboda, 1998.
  • HELLER, J.; PECINOVSKÁ, O. a kol. Závislost známá neznámá.. Praha : Avicenum, 2001.
  • HRČKA, M. Sociální deviace. Základy sociologie.. null. Praha, 2001. ISBN null.
  • KAISER, G. Kriminologie.. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1994.
  • KOMENDA, A. Sociální deviace.. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1999.
  • KOUKOLÍK, F.; DRTILOVÁ, J. Vzpoura deprivantů.. Praha: Makropulos, 1996.
  • MUNKOVÁ, G. Sociální deviace.. Praha : Karolinum, 2001.
  • NEŠPOR,K.; CZÉMY,L. Alkohol, drogy a vaše děti.. Praha: Besip, 1994.
  • VEČERKA, K. a kol. K teoretickým a praktickým aspektům prevence kriminality.. Praha : MV ČR, 1995.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2016) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter