CRJ 340: Sexual and Domestic Violence

Course Description

Topics covered include the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual violence, trauma informed crisis counseling and basics of advocacy. Students will examine contributing factors, review victim/perpetrator profiles, and evaluate community responses. Laws/legislation related to the protection of the person and the community also will be considered. (3 credits)

Prerequisites

  • CRJ 101: Criminal Justice
  • ENG 101: English Composition 1
  • ENG 102: English Composition 2

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Upon completion of the course students will have achieved the following goals:

  1. Examine contributing factors of domestic/sexual violence and review victim profiles of such abuse.
  2. Discover multiple forms of interpersonal, domestic and sexual violence.
  3. Examine multiple sources of data collection on statistics of sexual abuse and intimate partner violence.
  4. Examine law enforcement response to domestic and sexual violence.
  5. Examine contributing factors of domestic and sexual violence abusers.
  6. Review perpetrator profiles of domestic and sexual violence.

Course Activities and Grading

AssignmentsWeight

Discussions (Weeks 1-8)

30%

Assignments (Weeks 1-8)

35%

Project Public Service Announcement (Weeks 1-8)

35%

Total

100%

Grading Note:

The instructor will drop the lowest grade from the assignments category (10 points).

Required Textbooks

Available through Charter Oak State College's online bookstore

  • Gosselin, Denise Kindschi. Heavy Hands: An Introduction to the Crimes of Intimate and Family Violence. 6th ed. Columbus, OH: Pearson, 2019. ISBN-10: 0134868218 or ISBN-13: 9780134868219

Course Schedule

Week

SLOs

Readings and Exercises

Assignments

1

1,2

Topics: Global and Historical History of Violence Against Women

  • Readings:
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
  • Read assigned chapters
  • Discussion 1 – Honor Killings
  • Assignment 1 – Domestic Violence Laws Read assigned chapters

2

3,4

Topics: Research and Theory Abuse

  • Readings:
    • Chapter 3
  • Read assigned chapter
  • Discussion 1 – Chapter Talk
  • Discussion 2 – Project Review
  • Project review – Look at videos to develop ideas for project

3

3

Topics: Examining Child Abuse

  • Readings:
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
  • Read assigned chapters
  • Discussion 1 – Child laws
  • Assignment 1 – Investigating Child Abuse

4

2,5,6

Topic: Examining Perpetrators

  • Readings:
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 11
  • Read assigned chapters
  • Discussion 1 – Police Officers Who Perpetrate Domestic Violence
  • Assignment 1 = Police Officers Who Perpetrate Domestic Violence

5

1

Topic: Intimate Partner Violence

  • Readings:
    • Chapter 8
  • Read assigned chapter
  • Discussion 1 – Intimate Partner Violence
  • Assignment 1 - Date Reape Drugs
  • Assignment 2 – Please tell me what type of Public Service Announcement you are going to do.

6

1,2,4

Topic: Same Sex Intimate Partner Abuse

  • Readings:
    • Chapter 9
  • Read assigned chapter
  • Discussion 1 - LFBTQ
  • Assignment 1 – Violence in the LGBTQ Community
  • Assignment 2 - Project Proposal – Please update me on the progress of your Public Service Announcement you are going to do.

7

1,2,4,5

Topic: Stalking

  • Readings:
    • Chapter 13
  • Read assigned chapter
  • Discussion 1 - PSA Project Video Link
  • Assignment 1 – Stalking laws
  • Assignment 2 - PSA Project due

8

2,4

Topic: Criminal Justice System Response

  • Readings:
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 14
  • Read assigned chapters
  • Discussion 1 - PSA Project Review
  • Assignment 1 – Court Ordered Order of Protection
  • Complete Course Evaluation

COSC Accessibility Statement

Charter Oak State College encourages students with disabilities, including non-visible disabilities such as chronic diseases, learning disabilities, head injury, attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, or psychiatric disabilities, to discuss appropriate accommodations with the Office of Accessibility Services at OAS@charteroak.edu.

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