Apr 10, 2025  
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Summer 2017 
    
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Summer 2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CJWB 411 - Violence and Social Control in U.S. History and Society


This course examines the nature and reaction of violence and deviance as well as the dynamics of institutions of social control. Students also study a range of violence (ethnic, political, economic, interpersonal), a range of demands (moral reform, segregation) and a range of institutions (police, militia and asylums). Its concerns are historical, sociological and practical.

Credits: 3