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CurtinX: Understanding Domestic Violence

Learn about the fundamentals of family and domestic violence, and violence against women.

8 weeks
1–2 hours per week
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Understanding Domestic Violence

About this course

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This course has been developed to provide learners with a better understanding of the diverse experience of domestic violence and abuse, and the impact that this can have on the victims, their families, and the wider community.

We aim to provide learners with the knowledge and skills to work in the fields of domestic and family violence, intimate partner violence, and gendered violence against women.

At a glance

  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English

What you'll learn

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After completing this course, you will:

  • Recognise what family and domestic violence (FDV) is
  • Identify the risk indicators of FDV
  • Learn about abusive patterns of behaviour, including coercive control, gaslighting, and techology as tools of abuse
  • Understand the impact of FDV on victims, particularly those in minority groups
  • Learn about FDV and the law, including intimate partner homicide
  • Develop an awareness of the prevalence and costs of FDV on survivors, families, and society.

Syllabus

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Module 1: What is abuse?

Module 2: Prevalence of family and domestic violence

Module 3: Aspects and impacts of family and domestic violence

Module 4: Coercive control and Gaslighting

Module 5: Family and domestic violence in minority groups

Module 6: Technological abuse and Non-fatal strangulation

Module 7: Fatal consequences: Intimate partner homicide

Module 8: Where to from here?

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$199 USD

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