CJ 3235 - Domestic Violence and Intimate Abuse

Institution:

California State University-Stanislaus

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Description:

(3 Units) Explores historical, sociological, and legal causes, effects, and sanctions of issues pertaining to family and domestic abuse and violence. Discussion and research will incorporate inter alia, state and federal legislation on intimate violence and abuse, causes of abusive behavior, battered woman's syndrome, self-defense, cyclical violence, children of abusive environments, and treatment for batterers. Consists of lecture, discussion, video documentaries, case study and legislative analyses, examinations, and socio-legal research and writing. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csustan.edu

Phone Number:

(209) 667-3122

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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