CRMN 4023U – Intimate Partner Violence

This course provides an overview of intimate partner violence (IPV). The course emphasizes obstacles in determining rates of prevalence; theories and research as to etiology, especially with regard to gender, sexual identity, diversity and multicultural concerns; and individual and societal intervention and prevention efforts. This course will examine a multitude of issues surrounding IPV including men’s violence against women, female perpetrators, same-sex partner violence and adolescent relational violence. This course will also examine responses to, and prevention of, IPV including both formal and informal responses to this phenomenon.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): Fourth-year standing in Criminology and Justice and CRMN 3023U