SOC4104
SOC 4104 - Crime and Human Rights (3 Cr.)
Sociology (10987)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
SOC 4104 - Crime and Human Rights (3 Cr.)
Course description
This course addresses serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, efforts to criminalize those violations (laws and institutions), and consequences of these efforts. Special attention will be paid to the impact interventions have on representations and memories of atrocities on responses and the future of cycles of violence. Case studies on Holocaust, Balkan wars, Darfur, My Lai massacre, etc. Criminal justice, truth commissions, vetting, compensation programs.
prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
prereq: SOC 1001, at least one 3xxx SOC course recommended, Sociology majors/minors must register A-F
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
AFV - A-F or Audit
Lecture
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:
01871
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Periodic Fall & Spring