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Dec 15, 2025
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University General Course Catalog 2018-2019 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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CRJ 479 - Feminist Jurisprudence: Violence Against Women (3 units) CO10, CO13
Historical-legal examination of violence by and against women and responses of the criminal justice system.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; CH 201 or CH 202 or CH 203 or CH 212 ; Junior or Senior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate an understanding of historic and modern responses to gender violence focusing on Anglo-American law and processes.
2. demonstrate a basic understanding of feminist legal theory/thought, and its development, including analysis of different feminist perspectives regarding the nature of gender and gender violence and the role of law in society.
3. analyze and compare and contrast feminist perspectives in regard to the legal concepts of equality, harm, consent, and coercion as they apply to the topics of the course.
4. analyze the intersection, and interrelationship, of gender, class, race, and ethnicity in regard to the topics of the course, including an international context.
5. integrate effective communication and the critical use and analysis of information in class discussion and a variety of assignments.
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