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Feb 10, 2025
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WGSS 6030 - Sexual Violence & Survivor Advocacy
Survey of the social scientific literature on the history of sexual violence and the evolution of its definitions; the social correlates of offending and victimization; the social patterns of different forms of sexual offending; the programs and policies aimed at reducing sexual violence, processing offenders, and meeting the therapeutic and social institutional needs of survivors.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to define sexual violence in its various forms and discuss the social construction of sexual victimization that has evolved over recent decades.
- Students will be able to discuss the evolution of sex offense legislation in the United States.
- Students will be able to explain the historical development of the anti-rape movement, the backlash to it, and the victim’s/survivor’s rights movements.
- Students will be able to discuss the ways that sexual violence impacts victims/survivors and the various methods developed to assist victims in dealing with the effects of crime and with navigating the criminal justice system.
- Students will be able to evaluate seminal and contemporary research on various victim-related issues.
- Students will be able to discuss the impact of specific types of sexual offenses on victims.
- Students will be able to discuss best practices in survivor advocacy and evaluate programs and policies meant to support the survivors of sexual violence.
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