Sociology of Murder

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The study of homicide from sociological and criminal justice perspectives including the identification of macro level social processes such as political, economic and cultural forces including gender and race that impact on homicide and how individuals in society view and react to different types of homicide. The consequences of homicide for both individuals and society, and different types of possible intervention strategies based on different theoretical approaches to the socio-scientific study of murder are also studied. Prerequisite(s): CRJU 1103 >= C or SOCI 1101 >= C or SOCI 1101H >= C Lecture Hours: 3 Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture Schedule Type (Additional): Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic,Lecture/Unsupervi Lab/Clinic,Seminar-Small Group,Supervised Lab/Clinic,Unsupervised Lab/Clinic,Independent Study,Directed Study (one-to-one),Asynchronous Instruction,Practice Teaching,Internship/Practicum,Thesis,Dissertation Click here for the Schedule of Classes.