This dissertation includes three journal-length articles and an overall introduction and conclusion, totaling five chapters. Two articles were published in academic journals, Sociology Compass (Chapter 2) and Homicide Studies (Chapter 3). The third article will be submitted to a…
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This dissertation analyzes to what extent the biblical treatment of homicide is a result of the borrowing of legal precedents from the cuneiform cultures of the rest of the ancient Near East or a result of independent invention. It concludes that only a few elements in the treat…
Violence is a prominent part of human history as well as modern society. In this study, literature describing social, cognitive, and evolutionary psychological models of aggression is discussed. Based on this discussion, it is suggested that evolutionary psychology provides an e…
Throughout U.S. history, persistent negative stereotypes about immigrants have abounded in public discourse, leading to negative outcomes for people without U.S. citizenship across social and economic life. Stereotypes such as these are also known to impact the discretionary dec…