CRIM 3011
Evolution and Violence
Fall 2021
Topics
- AIM & –12 Coyne , pages
- Summary
- Salmon & Symons , pages 7–30 Summary –19 Daly & Wilson
- Summary (–26 Daly & Wilson
- Daly & Wilson , & 4 Summary
- –10 Daly & Wilson , Summary
- –17 Fall Break: no lecture or reading
- –24 Daly & Wilson , Summary
- –31 Daly & Wilson , Summary
- Review 1 & –7 Daly & Wilson
- –14 Daly & Wilson , Summary
- –21 Daly & Wilson , Summary
- Daly & Wilson , & 12 Summary
- – Wilson & Daly Summary
- Daly & Wilson
Readings
- Required: Daly, M., & Wilson, M. (1988). Homicide. Aldine de Gruyter.
- Required: Coyne, J. A. (2009). Why evolution is true. Oxford University Press. [Excerpt, pages 121–147.]
- Required: Salmon, C., & Symons, D. (2001). Warrior lovers: Erotic fiction, evolution and female sexuality. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. [Excerpt, pages 7–30.]
- Required: Wilson, M., & Daly, M. (1997). Life expectancy, economic inequality, homicide, and reproductive timing in Chicago neighbourhoods. British Medical Journal, 314, 1271–1274.
- Required: Daly, M., & Wilson, M. (2010). Cultural inertia, economic incentives, and the persistence of “Southern violence.” In M. Schaller, A. Norenzayan, S. Heine, T. Yamagishi, & T. Kameda (Eds.), Evolution, culture, and the human mind (pp. 229–241). Taylor & Francis.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2021
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.