An academic at the University has developed work into understanding the nature and processes of evil, and what role it has in society; delivering students with an entirely fresh sociological topic. Dr ...

Sociological Perspectives, the official quarterly of the Pacific Sociological Association, was established in 1957 to advance research, theory, scholarship, and practice within sociology and related ...

Frankly, who wants to read autobiographies? There are eight billion of us on Earth, all encumbered with our own lives. And the prospect of coming to burden our minds with the lives of others seems ...

This study uses an identity theory framework to fill in gaps left by labeling theory in the explanation of criminal behavior resulting from one's identity. The authors examine the reciprocal ...

The Sociology Department curriculum is organized around what we would like sociology majors to learn. The six key learning objectives are discussed below, along with the courses from the curriculum ...