Criminal Justice

    Write a 1-2 page paper/essay. Include the internet link to support your topic.

    Due February 16

    Popular Media Reflection Paper

    Locate one article on any aspect of family violence that has been published in a popular

    magazine or newspaper (e.g., Time, Newsweek, Redbook, Popular Psychology,

    VA Pilot, U.S.A. Today, Washington Post, New York Times, etc.).

    Discuss your chosen article by writing a 3-5 page critical review (summarize and evaluate) based on the following

    questions:  

    1. What is the definition of family violence in the popular media (chosen article)?
    2. According to your article, how common is this type of family violence?
    3. What was done to the offender? For the victim?
    4. What treatment or prevention program is recommended in the article?
    5. How do you estimate the value of this article, particularly from a criminal justice

    perspective?

    Topics

    The protecting of victims vs. the rights of the accused

    Women who kill abusing husbands

    Punishment for murder of the abused 

    Marital rape

    Protecting children from abusive parents

    Children who kill abusing parents

    Child abuse: the hidden crime

    Solving Family Violence

    Battered Womens syndrome as a defense

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