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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) 

Archive of past classes

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REQUIRED: (Winter 08)

Helen M. Eigenberg, Woman Battering in the United States: Till Death Do Us Part. (Waveland 2000)

Lundy Bancroft. Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry & Controlling Men. (Berkley/Penguin; 2002).

Diana Scully, Understanding Sexual Violence : A Study of Convicted Rapists. (Routledge June 1994). 

Lynn Phillips, Flirting With Danger: Young Women's Reflections on Sexuality and Domination (New York University Press 2000)

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances (NCJ 207846, June, 2005) Download 'Full Report' 1 MB Acrobat file)

Rana Sampson, Acquaintance Rape of College Students. You are responsible for p 1 - 35 of the report. (.pdf)

Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Rape Victimization: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey (Natl Inst of Justice, 46 p adobe.pdf)

RECOMMENDED

Kathryn Farr, Sex Trafficking: The Global Market in Women and Children (Worth 2005)

Natalie Sokoloff. Domestic Violence at the Margins. Rutgers U Press (2005) 0813535700.

Jeff Benedict, Out of Bounds : Inside the NBA's Culture of Rape, Violence, and Crime. (HarperCollins June 2004) [The author's previous book is Public Heroes, Private Felons: Athletes & Crimes Against Women.]

Laura L. O'Toole & Jessica R. Schiffman (Editor), Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (New York University Press March 1997) 

Jean Kilbourne, Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising (Free Press 1999) 

Harvey Wallace, Family Violence: Legal, Medical & Social Perspectives, 3rd ed. (Allyn & Bacon 2001)

Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape. (W.W. Norton & Company 2000) 

Susan Weitzman, Not to People Like Us : Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages. Basic Books; ISBN: 0465090737 (September 5, 2000)

Recommended internet resource if you're looking for books or journal articles: Bibliography of MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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.

Schedule for Reading and Exercises 

The syllabus (adobe.pdf) contains additional information about assignments and grading ~ More information on Plagiarism and citing internet sources

week 1: 1/9

Introduction & Greeting

The exercise from the first class - the article "Trains" about the guys and the young black girl was was from Men & Masculinity by Cohen. It was originally written by Nathan McCall and appeared in his book, Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America. More information on men's groups working to end violence against women and check out the Michigan Gender Equality Team
week 2: 1/16

Violence Against Women

Eigenberg , ch p 1 - 55 (2-3 page quote reaction paper)

In addition to Eigenberg, 

Read through the Women’s Human Rights section of Human Rights Watch World Report 2002. Write a 2-3 page paper summarizing the information you read. Make sure to include all subsections.  Be prepared to give a brief presentation to the class on a section. 

And

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. 

Finally, below is an MTV ad that's part of their HIV awareness campaign. What do you think? (direct link if player doesn'twork)

Recommended: The United Nations' Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women and see Kerry Cuomo's book, Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World. There's a pretty slick, informative website to support the book. 

See also the main Human Rights Watch page for Women's issues

SilentWitness

Past carnivals against sexual violence are archived here.

week 3: 1/23

Battering 

Eigenberg, p 57-85 & 103 - 112; Bancroft Intro + Ch 1 (2-3 page quote -reaction paper)

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.  

Recommended:Intimate Partner Violence in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: "When Violence Hits Home: How Economics and Neighborhood Play a Role" (12 pp./ Adobe.pdf) discusses who is most at risk and details the role that economic policies and employment practices might play in reducing the risk of intimate violence.

Kimmel’s Male Victims of Domestic Violence: A Substantive and Methodological Research Review

week 4: 1/30 Eigenberg , ch p 129 - 195; Bancroft Ch 2 (2-3 page quote reaction paper) I got flowers today (so everything is Ok...)

Free Battered Women.org

week 5: 2/6 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)

Working With Victims of Stalking - Podcast via Lewis & Clark Law School

week 6: 2/13

Intervention

Bancroft, Ch 7 - 10; Eigenberg, p 86 - 102

Due: 1-2 page paper outlining your term paper topic and the resources you have identified to do it.

Explore the following resources on domestic violence in various cultures and ethnic groups. 

week 7: 2/20

Eigenberg , p 197 - 268; Bancroft, ch 11-13

Write a 2 page review and critical discussion of the Catholic Social Services program, Alternatives to Domestic Aggression. Please make sure to include ADA philosophy, Program Policies and FAQ.

2/25 - 3/2 WINTER RECESS - NO CLASSES

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 ViolenceExplore 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.

My website StopViolence.com has a full page of other resources about men working to end violence against women

week 9: 3/12

Rape & Sexual Assault

Scully, ch 1 – 3

Cathy Winkler, Rape As Social Murder, and Aftermath: Violence & Remaking the Self

Recommended book: Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape

WITHDRAWING CONSENT DURING INTERCOURSE:
California's Highest Court Clarifies the Definition of Rape
(Findlaw.com column)

A Maryland State Court Rules that Women May Not Withdraw Consent After Penetration: The Perils of Relying on History (Findlaw.com column)

week 10: 3/19

 

Scully, ch 3-6  

Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Rape Victimization: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey (Natl Inst of Justice, 46 p adobe.pdf)

Sexual Assault Advocate/Counselor Training - all modules online via US Dept of Justice Office for Victims of Crime

week 11: 3/26 Scully, ch 7 & Afterword; Phillips, Intro & Ch 2

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). 

week 12: 4/2 Phillips, Ch 3-5

Rana Sampson, Acquaintance Rape of College Students (.pdf). You are responsible for p 1 - 35 of the report. 

NIJ, Sexual Assault on Campus: What Colleges and Universities Are Doing About It
week 13: 4/9

Phillips, Ch 6-7

National Institute of Justice The Sexual Victimization of College Women. (.pdf/ adobe acrobat file: 80 pages; NCJ 182369)
week 14: 4/19 final paper due / presentations

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. 

 

If you're graduating, congratulations. Whether or not you are graduating, check out the commencement address given by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple. He discusses dropping out of college (he never graduated), getting fired from Apple (a company he helped start) and dealing with cancer. (You can also watch it on YouTube if you'd prefer)

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.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.


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