Sep 27, 2024  
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1 
    
2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1

PSY 4450 Violence in the Families


Lecture: 4.5 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 4.5
This course will examine the theories of causation and intervention related to violence within families and among intimate partners. This course will utilize psychological concepts and theories to provide students insight into how biological, psychological, and sociological theories are used to analyze contributing factors of family violence, review perpetrator hostility, and behavioral patterns, and evaluate legal and ethical procedures when it comes to laws, legal actions, and protection of the family/person.

Prerequisite(s): PSY 1811  & PSY 3300  with a grade of C or better