| This course will examine current knowledge about family violence, as well as identifying important areas for future research. It will be open to graduate students from a number of different departments. The course will take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding family violence by integrating theory and research developed within the psychological, sociological, feminist, historical, and legal traditions. The course will look at various aspects of family violence such as wife abuse, abusive families, child abuse, abuse of the elderly, sexual violence within the family, dating violence and violence in rural areas. |
