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Assignment: Write a 1-2 page paper/essay. Include the internet link to support your topic.
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
1. The protecting of victims vs. the rights of the accused
2. Women who kill abusing husbands
3. Punishment for murder of the abused
4. Marital rape
5. Protecting children from abusive parents
6. Children who kill abusing parents
7. Child abuse: the hidden crime
8. Solving Family Violence
9. Battered Women's syndrome as a defense