Scott Swanson
In a classroom at Linn-Benton Community College’s Sweet Home branch, several students sit around a U-shaped table, eyeing a screen containing a selection from a sociology report on crime rates.
“According to this, what is the most prevalent crime against a person?” asks instructor Kelli Wallener, of Corvallis.
“Assault,” offers one student.
“Murder, manslaughter,” chimes in another.
They all watch the screen intently as Wallener moves on through a brief lesson.
These are…