Forensic Pediatrics

Catalog description

Courses under this section will be offered based on availability of instructor and request of students. This course explores the intricacies of forensic pediatrics where children and adolescents are victims and/or offenders of violence. Topics include: the effects of violence on youth, interviewing and assessing children/adolescents, evidence, expert witness testimony, compassion fatigue & vicarious victimization, children of incarcerated parents, child abuse, shaken baby syndrome, Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, sexual assault and exploitation, the juvenile justice system, delinquency, child delinquents, female delinquents, animal cruelty, arson, gangs, bullying, and child death investigation. Graduate students will also choose from Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, School Violence or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Investigator modules.