SOC327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Domestic Violence, Emergency Health Services, Elder Abuse

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC327
• Professor: Fred Desroches

Document Summary

Module 11: the police response to domestic violence: the police response to domestic violence. This lecture is going to deal with police response to domestic violence, particularly, dr. desroches will focus on spousal abuse, and then he will talk a little bit about elder abuses as well too. Now spousal abuse that from domestic violence is a crime that is long ignored really see literature on this beginning 1960s and a movement to do something about it in the early 1970. Around that time a number of researchers and feminist groups began to publicize studies and statistics about the extent and severity of domestic violence; especially against women. Of course help women out domestic violence and help to eradicate this surge. One of the main focus; however, was the law and the enforcement of the law, particularly the way in which the police dealt with domestic violence spousal abuse.