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PSVP-4444: Schools, Violence, and Justice

Description: Focuses on the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of widely recognized forms of violence within schools, such as bullying, fighting, sexual assaults, harassment, dating violence, and shootings. Examines the effectiveness of violence prevention programs. Includes sociological theories of violence within schools. Explores the social debate over balancing the collective public safety obligations of schools with individual students rights/responsibilities.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CRIM-3414 or SOC-3414

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: SOC-4444

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 13

Average GPA: 3.67 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 56.45%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.75%

Anthony Peguero202078.0%18.9%2.1%0.0%0.0%1.1%3.704
Katalin Parti202387.5%8.0%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.806
Lowell E Simmons201923.3%65.1%8.8%0.0%0.0%2.8%3.182
Lindsay L Kahle201783.9%16.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.811

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