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Nov 24, 2024
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CRPS 413 - Interpersonal Violence
Semester Hours: Three
The course examines the issue of having power over another individual with the intent of controlling, disempowering and/or injuring that individual. It covers topics ranging from domestic and workplace homicide to cult and hate killings as well as murder committed by juveniles and serial slayings. The course examines the inability to resolve differences without resorting to violence, and centers in on domestic violence involving a serious abuse of power, the exertion of physical force and violence, date rape, stalking and power assertive cruelty. It examines criminal justice responses to homicide, including the strategies and tactics employed to apprehend, prosecute, and punish killers.
Term Offered: Fall
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