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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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