- Assess how the history of violence in America demonstrates a violent cultural tradition.
- Describe the major types of multiple murder: serial murder, mass murder, and spree murder.
- Discuss patterns and trends evident in violent crime.
- Identify various types of sexual assault.
- Define robbery and Conklin’s typology of robbers.
- Discuss the issues of intimate partner violence, child abuse, and elder abuse.
- Examine the issue of the culture and subculture of violence that contributes to criminal careers of violent offenders.
- Assess how criminological theories apply to violent crime.
