JSQ201 Dynamics of Domestic Violence
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| Unit code: | JSQ201 |
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| Equivalent(s): | JSN201 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $2,592 |
| International unit fee | $3,876 |
Unit Outline: Session 1 2021, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | JSQ201 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | JSN201 |
Overview
It is essential that those who work with victims, perpetrators and others affected by domestic violence understand what domestic violence looks like and how it operates. This unit uses contemporary social science research to explain the current state of knowledge about domestic violence. The unit provides extra teaching and learning support to ensure student success and provides a sound basis for the other units in the Graduate Certificate. Although the domestic violence units can be taken in any order, it is strongly recommended that students commence with JSN201, especially those who have taken a break from study or have limited experience with online learning.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Describe the dynamics and impact of domestic violence on individuals and social groups (Course Learning Outcomes 1.1, 1.2, 1.4)
- Critically assess representations of domestic violence based on evidence about domestic violence contexts, perpetration, victimisation, and responses to the phenomenon of domestic violence (CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.3)
- Examine how domestic violence is shaped by social stratification and cultural values (CLOs 3.2, 3.3), and
- Investigate domestic violence as it is reflected in contemporary law and policy (CLOs 1.3, 2.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3).
Content
2. Dynamics of domestic violence: such as dynamics, prevalence, etiology, impacts, and factors associated with perpetration, and intersectional issues for diverse contexts including LGBT people, rural communities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, immigrant communities, and disabled people as well as questions related to inter-cultural competence
3. Understanding research: such as research literacy skills, tools and measurement, sex asymmetry/symmetry debates, claims about typologies etc.
4. Domestic violence law and policy: such as history of domestic violence and related law and policy in Australia and Queensland, current laws, official guidelines and recommendations and reports etc.
Learning Approaches
This unit will be offered to external students only. The pedagogic approaches will include those of problem based learning and blended learning. The delivery mode is via self-guided modules with weekly online activities and readings. The modules will introduce students to the theory, context and key concepts for each topic and require students to engage with the scholarly literature, web materials, and multimedia resources related to each topic. The weekly, online, pedagogically designed activities and readings will allow for further exploration of key issues and the ability to clarify and reflect on the materials presented. Students will be able to discuss the content with their peers and the academic through Blackboard Collaborate, providing them with feedback on their understanding and supporting them in their learning. Assessment items will provide students with an opportunity to develop and enhance key and authentic skills that will be required for advancing a career in this field. Learning and teaching approaches to this unit aim to promote student agency in learning in the longer term. They include such diverse learning resources and tools as group discussion, reading original documents, engagement with professional tools, critical thinking, research simulation, role play etc. Support from QUT's Student Success and Retention (SSR) will be provided for this unit, so it is strongly recommended that students complete this unit in the first semester of study.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Written feedback will be provided on submitted assessment. Oral feedback will be provided via online tutorials.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment for this unit is both formative and summative. This unit uses qualitative and quantitative assessment items and formative feedback via online group discussion in tutorials.Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Online Multiple Choice Quiz
Online Multiple Choice QuizRelates to learning outcomes
1-4
Assessment: Critique (written)
Students will be required to write a 2500-word critique of a policy, news article, or research report selected from options provided by the unit coordinator based on research presented in the unit. This assessment reflects the real-world situation where staff who work on domestic violence need to critically assess new publications affecting their area of work.Relates to learning outcomes
1-4
Assessment: Examination (written)
Students will be required to complete a written examination during the central examination period. This will cover questions about the types of domestic violence, its dynamics, domestic violence in law and policy, and concepts related to research as presented in the unit content.Relates to learning outcomes
1-4
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Bancroft, Lundy (2002).Why Does He DO that? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men. Putnam, New York
Additional unit readings will be available via QUT Readings and/or links in Blackboard.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Unit Outline: Session 3 2021, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | JSQ201 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | JSN201 |
Overview
It is essential that those who work with victims, perpetrators and others affected by domestic violence understand what domestic violence looks like and how it operates. This unit uses contemporary social science research to explain the current state of knowledge about domestic violence. The unit provides extra teaching and learning support to ensure student success and provides a sound basis for the other units in the Graduate Certificate. Although the domestic violence units can be taken in any order, it is strongly recommended that students commence with JSN201, especially those who have taken a break from study or have limited experience with online learning.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Describe the dynamics and impact of domestic violence on individuals and social groups (Course Learning Outcomes 1.1, 1.2, 1.4)
- Critically assess representations of domestic violence based on evidence about domestic violence contexts, perpetration, victimisation, and responses to the phenomenon of domestic violence (CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.3)
- Examine how domestic violence is shaped by social stratification and cultural values (CLOs 3.2, 3.3), and
- Investigate domestic violence as it is reflected in contemporary law and policy (CLOs 1.3, 2.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3).
Content
2. Dynamics of domestic violence: such as dynamics, prevalence, etiology, impacts, and factors associated with perpetration, and intersectional issues for diverse contexts including LGBT people, rural communities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, immigrant communities, and disabled people as well as questions related to inter-cultural competence
3. Understanding research: such as research literacy skills, tools and measurement, sex asymmetry/symmetry debates, claims about typologies etc.
4. Domestic violence law and policy: such as history of domestic violence and related law and policy in Australia and Queensland, current laws, official guidelines and recommendations and reports etc.
Learning Approaches
This unit will be offered to external students only. The pedagogic approaches will include those of problem based learning and blended learning. The delivery mode is via self-guided modules with weekly online activities and readings. The modules will introduce students to the theory, context and key concepts for each topic and require students to engage with the scholarly literature, web materials, and multimedia resources related to each topic. The weekly, online, pedagogically designed activities and readings will allow for further exploration of key issues and the ability to clarify and reflect on the materials presented. Students will be able to discuss the content with their peers and the academic through Blackboard Collaborate, providing them with feedback on their understanding and supporting them in their learning. Assessment items will provide students with an opportunity to develop and enhance key and authentic skills that will be required for advancing a career in this field. Learning and teaching approaches to this unit aim to promote student agency in learning in the longer term. They include such diverse learning resources and tools as group discussion, reading original documents, engagement with professional tools, critical thinking, research simulation, role play etc. Support from QUT's Student Success and Retention (SSR) will be provided for this unit, so it is strongly recommended that students complete this unit in the first semester of study.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Written feedback will be provided on submitted assessment. Oral feedback will be provided via online tutorials.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment for this unit is both formative and summative. This unit uses qualitative and quantitative assessment items and formative feedback via online group discussion in tutorials.Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Online Multiple Choice Quiz
Online Multiple Choice QuizRelates to learning outcomes
1-4
Assessment: Critique (written)
Students will be required to write a 2500-word critique of a policy, news article, or research report selected from options provided by the unit coordinator based on research presented in the unit. This assessment reflects the real-world situation where staff who work on domestic violence need to critically assess new publications affecting their area of work.Relates to learning outcomes
1-4
Assessment: Examination (written)
Students will be required to complete a written examination during the central examination period. This will cover questions about the types of domestic violence, its dynamics, domestic violence in law and policy, and concepts related to research as presented in the unit content.Relates to learning outcomes
1-4
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Bancroft, Lundy (2002).Why Does He DO that? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men. Putnam, New York
Additional unit readings will be available via QUT Readings and/or links in Blackboard.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit.