HUSE2005
10 units
2000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course examines the policies, practices, people and institutions involved with gendered violence and places issues of gendered violence within a social and political context. It explores the response of state institutions to gendered violence through an examination of the process of policy development and implementation, and practice methods utilised by various agencies including the police, the courts, refuges and prevention programs.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Ourimbah
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Describe the various state interventions in the lives of those experiencing violence, including the social and historical origins of these interventions
2. Outline and analyse the issues in defining gendered violence
3. Identify and critique current definitions and understandings of the effect of gendered violence
4. Assess state policy responses to gendered violence, including the assumptions, values and decision-making processes involved
5. Evaluate the adequacy of local service networks for responding to gendered violence
Content
The course will include the following topics:
- Historical Perspectives
- Definitions and Theoretical Perspectives
- Legal and Policy Contexts
- Risk Factors, Incidence and Statistics
- Costs of Domestic Violence
- Why Women Stay
- Gender Symmetry
- Masculinities and Gender Based Violence
- Working with Men
- Working with Women
- Children and Domestic / Family Violence
- Indigenous Communities and Family Violence
- Practice Responses and Frameworks
Requisite
If you have successfully completed SPSW3411 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
40 units at 1000 level
Assessment items
Quiz: Definitions and understandings
Written Assignment: Short answer questions
Project: Policy Assessment
Written Assignment: Local Service Network
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lectorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 2 - 2024 - Ourimbah
Lectorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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