Assignment: Write a 5-7 page double-spaced paper about the impacts of COVID-19 on victimization. Follow the instructions below to first listen to a short podcast and then select as many of the following points to discuss.
(1) Listen to this 34-minute podcast on the impacts of coronavirus on intimate partner violence.
National Public Radio (NPR). April 6, 2020. Coronavirus: When staying home isnt safe.
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/06/828190425/coronavirus-when-staying-home-isnt-safe
(2) Write a 5-7 page double-spaced paper to apply aspects of what youre learning in this class to answer ANY of the following questions in your paper (choose as many topics as youd like to cover):
1. using examples from the podcast, explain what you can do to help someone who may be suffering from intimate partner violence amid stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19.
2. discuss how the various types of abuse (i.e., verbal/emotional, digital, sexual, physical, and financial) might affect someone especially during the current isolation orders keeping individuals at home with their abusers.
3. what are the challenges that law enforcement face in controlling intimate partner violence in the midst of COVID-19 and what can be done to improve survivors situations?
4. regarding the impact of COVID-19 on violence, what are some added barriers/challenges that underserved populations face (e.g., people of color, abused males, those living in disadvantaged communities, LGBTQ+, refugees/migrants).
5. what ways has COVID-19 changed other aspects of the criminal justice system (e.g., policing, courts, corrections) that has direct implications for crime victims?
6. what are some solutions to the problems that COVID-19 has presented for crime victims?
the attached items are ch 4 and 8 from the textbook listed by page numbers, please be sure to use it as a reference
ch 4 – consequences of victimization
ch 8 – intimate partner abuse
book reference:
Wallace, H., & Roberson, C. (2015). Victimology: Legal, Psychological, and Social Perspectives (Fourth edition). Pearson
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