C J 3250 - Violence in Society

3 Credits

Engages with a series of questions that social scientists have asked about violence, including: What situations and circumstances are associated with violent victimization and offending? How do situational factors and social groups shape violent events? What kinds of individual and organized responses does violence provoke? In considering the answers to these and other questions, we will draw on cross-cultural and historical research, as well as contemporary North American research on violence.
Meets with C J 5420.