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Death and Dying

We will continue with our chapter on Homicide today.

Discussion: Excluding factors like a murderer's threat to society, what type of punishment do you believe is necessary for a homicide victim to receive justice? Or do the dead need justice at all?

Please read Chapter 204, entitled Loss of Control, from Clinical Methods for Monday.

Sociology of Deviance

Please take you seats. You will be quizzed today on your reading. [You can take the quiz cold, and then give me your (fabricated no doubt) IC results after you take a look at all the correct answers.]

Discussion will be based on Wednesday's intriguing research she shared in our last class.
Can a socially accepted group still be considered deviant? (Her example - Surburbanites) Please support your thoughts with examples.

For next class, please study this vocabulary. You'll find the format unique, but helpful with any luck.

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"I will see many of you tomorrow at the Body Farm trip. Please remember to wear comfortable shoes and clothes that are easy to launder, and do not bring any food, drinks, etc. with you on the trip. I have a few gallons of lemon juice ready for students when we get back, we'll all have to hit the showers."

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Please hand in your quizzes so we can begin discussion.

Wednesday's quiz has a result of 80% and she is quite pleased with that score. She is looking forward to the discussion, but as it is based on her own research project, she doesn't feel that she should begin by responding to her own proposal.

"Good work on the quiz. Did you have any thoughts regarding what Angelus has to say? (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/210195.html?thread=9792787#t9792787)"

Yes, actually, I do.

Angelus hands in the quiz. As it required nothing more than being able to memorize the reading, he scored 100%.

"Of course they can," Angelus said in response to the discussion question. "Everyone's deviant to somebody else. It all depends on the perspective."

"Everyone is deviant to someone else, yes. That wasn't the purpose of the question, however." Wednesday frowned at him. "The base question which concerns me is, can such a subgroup, one not only apparently widely and socially acceptable, still be considered a deviant subgroup in the context of the study of Sociology. This is a class related question, not a philosopical one."

"Wouldn't they be though?" Angelus asked. "By definition these is a group which has chosen to live adjacent to the larger group of city-dwellers. If city dwelling is considered the baseline, then suburban living is deviant from that."

"Different, but not necessarily deviant - unless you're sticking to a purely literal interpretation which, sadly, lacks." Wednesday shrugged.

Logan feels his 70% is excellent, seeing as he did very few of the required readings.

Belthazor hands in his quiz with a score of 80%.

Ivanova is no longer in uniform, but looks neater than yesterday. "Uh, Dr. Grissom, I'm sorry about my absence for the last two weeks. I hope Zathras passed along the message that I was needed at home. Would I be able to take the quiz next class?"

"Your absence has been excused, but you will need to make up the quiz by next week please, and also pick a research topic (a deviant culture you'd like to study more in depth) as we will be dealing with those subjects off and on throughout the semester. Please submit that to me on Wednesday, or during Tuesday's Open Lab for all Sociology students. There is also a field trip to the Body Farm with the Science Dept. tomorrow you can sign up for (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomhigh/180991.html?thread=7256575#t7256575) if you'd like. Good to have you back, by the way."

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