@article{Cavanagh_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Introduction to the Comparative Study of Violence}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/introduction-to-the-comparative-study-of-violence}, abstractNote={VS 101 is a multidisciplinary introduction to the study of violence. In this course you will be encouraged to apply critical thinking to the study of violence, and to question myths and misconceptions. Guest speakers from a variety of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and behavioral sciences present much of the lecture material. For example, in one lecture, you will hear about representations of violence in film, in another about aggression in primates, and in another about the public health perspective on violence. Several of our guest lecturers also study violence through their work in the field. For example, lectures will include the differing perspectives faculty who work as an emergency room physician, a legal mediator, a community activist. The required readings reflect both historical and recent research findings on the topic of violence studies.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Cavanagh, Sheila}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }