SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Welfare Fraud, Child Abuse, Environmental Design
8 Aug 2013
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Essay assignment: 30% of final grade, due november 3, 2011, essay assignment #4, 5, intro, body (b-f), conclusion 8 sections, each section what the theory says about the section and textual evidence. The battered woman syndrome: the lavallee case: lavallee case (1987): shooting of her partner was described as a desperate act of self-defence by a woman who sincerely believed she would be killed - Lavallee was acquitted > winnipeg 1987 killed her partner and claimed he had been abusing her for quite some time previously. Wife assault and the impact on children: women: many have experienced spousal abuse - more reporting domestic violence > approx. 29% of women have been abused by their spouse (almost 1/3 of women in. > police should work together with social service workers and work out the problem before it gets out of control.
