SOC4113: Sociology of Violence: Bedrooms, Backyards, and Bars

This course looks at violent behavior across a wide variety of social arenas, bedrooms, backyards, and bars, being some common places where violence occurs. Students will wrestle with definitions of violence and the circumstances in which behavior is or isn't categorized as violent. A major theme will be how violence operates as a property of institutional arrangements, organizational practices, and interpersonal situations. Subtopics intersecting violence include cohorts (race, class, & gender), sport, sex, emotion, the State, and the environment. Soc Majors and Minors must register A/F. Pre-req of Soc 1001, Soc 1101, 3101 or 3102 is recommended.

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