CRIM 370 - Domestic Violence

This course examines domestic abuse, focusing on domestic and intimate partner violence, family violence, and child abuse. Students explore theoretical explanations, risk factors, barriers to safety, and the challenges and complexities involved in understanding and preventing these forms of violence. Emphasis is placed on social and legal responses, with particular attention to how race, class, age, and other intersecting factors shape experiences of domestic abuse. The course draws attention to the amplified barriers to safety faced by Indigenous peoples, 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals, immigrants and refugees, and other marginalized communities to foster an intersectional understanding of domestic abuse and systemic inequality.