CJ 760 Community Violence: Causes, Effects, and Solutions
The course examines the proliferation of community violence in an age of globalization. The failure of the state to establish legitimate control has created a vacuum that has been filled by community groups that are tantamount to a state in a state. The course examines the rising phenomenon of inter-community violence, intra-community violence, and violence against the state. Violence can be caused by religious, ethnic, or racial rivalries. Measures by the state to reassert its legitimacy and reduce violence will be examined within the context of globalization.