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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: 10

Average GPA: 3.72 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 64.05%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.98%

Katalin Parti202487.5%8.6%3.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.807
Anthony Peguero202077.8%19.0%1.1%0.0%0.0%2.1%3.772
Lowell E Simmons201911.1%72.2%11.1%0.0%0.0%5.6%3.051

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W