Psychology and Deviance

3 ECTS / Semester
  1. To define and critically understand the concepts of deviance and social control as socially, culturally and historically constructed phenomena.
  2. To manage different comprehensive perspectives about deviance from a multidisciplinary perspective (psychological, biological, eco-social) and from an epistemologically diverse perspective (positivist vs. constructivist).
  3. To recognize classical (crime, drug use) as well as contemporary (behavioural addictions, cybercrime, gender and sexual violence, migrations, etc.) deviance phenomena. 

Faculty

Assistant Professor / Researcher
Maria Carmo de Azevedo Carvalho is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of Católica Porto, an Integrated Member of the CEDH and…