HST 3277 - History of Murder in America

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The history of American murder, from the legal system’s origins in British Common Law, to the present. Exploration of conditions that have led murder rates to rise and fall, why that murder rate is uniquely American, evolving views about murderers and murder victims, and the history of representations of murder in popular culture. Due to the nature of the class some texts and images will be of a graphic violent nature.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 1060 or equivalent with a grade of (C) or higher.