| Title: | True Crime & Serial Killers |
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| Course Section Number: | HIS-200-02 |
| Department: | History |
| Description: | In this course, students will study the relationships between crime, society, and forensic policing from 1870 to the outbreak of the First World War. In a period marked by rapid industrialization, urbanization, and social change, crimes involving guns, bombs, pistols, and lots of blood increased. Beginning with a study of Jack the Ripper, this course explores how shifting economic conditions, class structures, and cultural anxieties influenced criminal behavior and its portrayal in the popular press. Students will consider how investigators pursued criminals and applied new psychological and forensic theories to create profiles of their suspects. By utilizing police reports and other historical documents, students will gain insight into criminal activity and advancements in news coverage, psychology and forensics, law enforcement, and justice in late 19th-century Europe. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 19, 2026 |
| End Date: | May 9, 2026 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/19/2026-05/08/2026 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 02:10PM - 03:00PM, Baxter Hall, Room 201
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| Faculty: | Rhoades, Michelle |
Course Status
| Section Name/Title | Status | Dept. | Capacity |
Enrolled/ Available/ Waitlist |
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HIS-200-02
True Crime & Serial Killers |
OPEN | History | 20 | 0 / 20 / 0 |