A sociologist challenges prevailing theories of when, and why, people lash out Randall Collins, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, thinks human beings are bad at violence. Is the man mad ...

Journal of Hate Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1 (2011), pp. 199-220 (22 pages) This paper deals with the question of how hate leads to collective physical violence: Why is it that people who are filled with ...

The last three years have revealed a strange, fundamental truth about American society: we do not exist in a world where we all perceive the same reality. Rather, we exist in a universe of competing ...

CARBONDALE (WSIL) -- Attorney General Merrick Garland says the Justice Department is considering charging suspected gunman Peyton Gendron with hate crimes and domestic extremism. Gendron was said to ...

Prior research has examined parental and peer influences on teen dating violence (TDV), but fewer studies have explored the role of broader social contexts. Using data from the Toledo Adolescent ...

Political violence is hardly unprecedented in the United States. In fact, the country has “a long, dark history” of violence ...

Sociologists study human behavior and the nearly infinite complexities of social relationships. Close study of sociologists will show you that they themselves tend to fall into the profession through ...

Professor Emeritus of Sociology Edward Tiryakian is remembered for his pioneering contributions to the field of sociology, his decades of dedication to the University and his thoughtful mentoring of ...