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Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault:
(CRM/SOCL 550 & WMST 560)
The webpage for this class was
originally prepared as part of my involvement in Eastern Michigan University's
Instructional Technology Across the Curriculum Workshop (2000)
Michigan
Sexual Assault Benchbook (courts.michigan.gov) has the latest information on procedures and the state of the
law. It is a comprehensive sourcebook for information on the impact of the crime on victims, Michigan's sexual assault related statutes, including applicable defenses, special courtroom procedures that protect the rights of victims, witnesses, and defendants, scientific evidence, post-conviction and sentencing matters, and bond and discovery.
Check
out the 14th
Carnival Against Sexual Violence and follow 2 of the links to the full posts
and read through them. You do not need to write about them in the paper, but
tell me which ones you read.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances
[(NCJ 207846, June, 2005) Download 'Full Report' 1 MB Acrobat file] Write
a 2 page quote-reaction or summary
paper based on reading through ONE section (NOT the introduction). Be
prepared to give a brief presentation that highlights some of the
important information from that section.
Bancroft, Ch 3
- 6 (no need to read all of Ch 4,
just pick 2 or 3 of the typologies you thought were most important and
describe why)
NOTE: Guest lecture by Barbara Niess,
Executive Director of SafeHouse. I'll distribute some articles in class,
but please read Why Doesn't
She Leave by Ann Jones; the SafeHouse Philosophy
and Mission Statement.
[OPTIONAL] Read Why Some Battered Women Sometimes
Stay. Briefly discuss what the most important points were to you, and
review how she explains about loving someone who is abusive. (1 page
single spaced discussion & review)
Recommended: From the
Domestic Violence resources at StopViolence,
find the link to the Nashville Police Department and go to the “Guide to
Domestic Violence and Risk Assessment”.
"Stalking" examines the problem of stalking and the factors that contribute to it, reviews responses to the
problem, and what is known about them from evaluative research and police practice.
(58
p, .pdf: National Inst of Justice & Natl Center for Victims of Crime)
recommended vacation reading - The
Peace Drug: Rape-induced post-traumatic
stress disorder had destroyed Donna Kilgore's life. Then experimental
therapy with MDMA, a psychedelic drug better known as ecstasy, showed her
a way out. Was it a fluke -- or the future? (Washington Post, 25
Nov 2007)
week 8: 3/5
Eigenberg, p 327- 357; Bancroft, ch 14-15
the Toolkit
for Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-Based Violence. Explore
one of the ‘lessons’ (except lesson 3) by doing the reading, writing
on one of the reflection questions and/or discussing the proposed exercise
for that lesson. Where there are several subsections to a lesson (i.e.
(1., 2., 3., etc), your paper should have a summary, review or discussion
for each. The paper should be 2-3 pages (focusing on the content of the
website) and you should be prepared to explain the lesson to the class.
Prison Rape paper: Follow up on one of
the links and write a two page paper highlighting what you thought were
the compelling issues raised by the information found there. Be prepared
to share you research with the class. Go to either Stop Prison Rape
or Human
Rights Watch: No Escape
(click on 'Read the report' - focus on sections IV, V, VI, & VIII).
When I heard this on the radio yesterday,
I said to myself, "This is it. This is the piece we can use to start
discussions that get to the root of how difference is constructed as
hierarchy... which is what women's oppression is, what gender is as a
system of oppressive social power... and when there is no
"difference," difference is constructed (you get to be the
"wife," the punk) to construct heirarchy. This is where we can
show men what it is like to be women... how rape as a constant reality
(one more regulated than really prohibited) in the background serves to
push all women into the perennial sexual-contract: protection in exchange
for obedience." The Blog
by Stan Goff: [Prison] Rape (The Huffington Post)
For more on human rights violations of
women in US prisons, see "Not Part of My Sentence"
(Amnesty International).
When grading papers, I normally add a few
sentences of comments in case there is a question about the grade. If you
would like more extensive comments, I am happy to provide them. Please put
a note on the first page requesting comments.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
