SOC 425 - Family Violence

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Spring - Even

This course will focus on violence within familial and intimate relationships emphasizing the social aspects and consequences of these forms of violence This course will focus on the multiple ways that violence is used and the ways in which those that commit interpersonal violence within a family and/or intimate setting are perceived on a societal level. Patterns of behavior, cultural norms, as well as lifelong consequences will be addressed as well as social institutions where family violence is common.