Instructor: April Chiung-Tao Shen
Office: 407
Phone: 3366-1246
Email: achsen@ntu.edu.tw
Office Hours: by appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed for the graduate students
at the Department of Social Work. Course methods
include lectures, discussions, student presentations,
and video appreciations.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To understand the magnitude, consequences, and
causes of family violence as well as methods for
assessing family violence.
2. Examine the practice and policy implications
of the research findings reported in the literature
of family violence.
3. Learn the role that individuals might play in
helping to alleviate the problem of family violence.
RESQUIRE TEXTS:
1. Lieu (1996)。Family Violence。Taipei (in Chinese).
2. Barnett, O., Miller-Perrin, C. L., Perrin, R.
D. (2005). Family Violence across the Lifespan:
An Introduction (2nd ed.). Sage Publications.
EVALUATIONS:
A. Oral Presentation 40 points
B. Written paper 40 points
C. Attendance and participation 20 points
COURSE EXPECTATIONS OF INSTRUCTOR
The instructor will use a variety of instructional
methods including performing mini-lectures, interactive
exercises, videos, PowerPoint, quest speakers to
reach students with a variety of learning styles.
The instructor will provide structure for sessions
through clarifying objectives, facilitating discussion
focusing on critical assessment of issues, providing
appropriate summaries and linkages to preceding
and subsequent content. The instructor is willing
to answer students' questions both during class
and off class.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDETNS
Punctuality, attendance, and active participation
are expected. Students are required to read all
readings before class and to participate in class
discussion. Participation and preparation are critical
to group activities. Students are also expected
to complete assignments on due dates.
SESSION PLANS
| Week |
Topic |
Lieu |
Barnett et al. |
| W1 |
Introduction |
|
|
| W2 |
Overview of family violence |
Ch. 1 |
Ch. 1 |
| W3 |
Family violence & Social Change |
Ch. 2 |
|
| W4 |
Research of family violence |
|
|
| W5 |
Theories of family violence |
Ch. 6 |
Ch. 2 |
| W6 |
Child physical abuse |
Ch. 3 |
Ch. 3 |
| W7 |
Child sexual abuse |
|
Ch. 4 |
| W8 |
Child psychological abuse and neglect |
|
Ch. 5 & 6 |
| W9 |
Marital violence |
Ch. 4 |
Ch. 8 & 9 |
| W10 |
The batterer of marital violence |
|
Ch. 11 |
| W11 |
The victim of marital violence |
|
Ch. 10 |
| W12 |
Sibling violence |
Ch. 5 |
|
| W13 |
Elder abuse |
Ch. 5 |
Ch. 12 |
| W14 |
Multiple violence |
|
|
| W15 |
Prevention and treatment in family
violence |
Ch. 7 |
|
| W16 |
Review of the course |
|
|
REFERENCES:
Jasinski, F. L., & Williams, L. M. (Eds.). (1998).
Partner Violence: A Comprehensive Review of 20 Years
of Research. Sage Publications.
Kingston, P. & Penhale, B. (Eds.). (1995). Family
Violence and the Caring Professions. Macmillan.
Mullender, A., Hague, G., Imam, U., Kelly, L., Malos,
E., & Regan, L. (2004). Children's Perspectives
on Domestic Violence. Sage Publications.
Patterson, G. R. (Ed.). (1990). Depression and Aggression
in Family Interaction. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Publishers.
Peled, E., Jaffe, P. G., & Edleson, J. L. (Eds.).
(1995). Ending the Cycle of Violence: Community
Responses to Children of Battered Women. Sage Publications.
Roberts, A. R. (Ed.). (1998). Battered Women and
Their Families: Intervention Strategies and Treatment
Programs (2nd ed.). Springer Publishing Company.
Roberts, A. R. (2002). Handbook of Domestic Violence
Intervention Strategies: Policies, Programs, and
Legal Remedies. NY: Oxford University Press.
Wiehe, V. R. (1998). Understanding Family Violence:
Treating and Preventing Partner, Child, Sibling,
and Elder Abuse. Sage Publications.
