Family Violence Issues

FVI2003Violence and Society (Cross-Listed: SOCI 2563)3 ch
Introduces a broad range of crimes of violence from sociological perspectives. Includes a survery of political violence such as genocide, holocaust, state and anti-state terrorism; analysis of hate crimes and different types of homocide such as serial murder, mass murder, and thrill killings; examination of various manifestations of violence against women such as mass and date rape; exploration of kinds of assault such as physical assault, spousal battery, and child abuse; and robbery. NOTE: Students cannot obtain credit for both SOCI 2563 and FVI 2003.