GWS 3940Victim Advocacy for Survivors

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Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 and six additional hours in Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies or HSP 1010 and six additional hours in Human Services This course provides a foundation to the field of interpersonal violence victim advocacy to complement trainings provided by local victim advocacy agencies and police departments. The primary focus is victim advocacy as it relates to interpersonal violence (i.e., relationship violence, sexual violence, and stalking). This course helps prepare students to engage in advocacy by providing a broad understanding of the role of power and control in violence and its root causes, the historical perspective on anti-violence movements, the impact of trauma and biopsychosocial considerations, intersectional identities and vulnerability, laws and policies surrounding interpersonal violence, methods of justice and healing, community activism, and resources available to survivors.