SOC 502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Psychological Abuse, Family Therapy, Medieval Commune
24 May 2016
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Keep the location of shel- ters secret, this was not successful and enraged men showed up a the doors of some shelters: by the 1900s the shelters had evolved into a national network of approximately. 400 houses, scattered across urban and rural locations: counseling is focused on empowering women ensuring she is fully informed about community services and support systems and supporting what ever deci- sions she makes. Initiative to extend counseling process so that the ultimate goal is not simply to encourage women to leave violent relationships and establish independent lives but help survivors move on to become social advocates for abused women. Even if charges were laid they were often dropped by the crown attorney"s. Innovative legislation speaks strongly to both a commitment to end domestic vio- lence and a willingness to explore avenues outside the traditional criminal justice approach. Many feminist activists devote their time and energy to precisely these kinds of efforts.
