Love, Power, and Homicide: When Intimate Partner Violence Turns Fatal
Course Description
This course examines the deadly progression of intimate partner violence (IPV), highlighting how coercion, control, and escalation can lead to intimate partner homicide (IPH). Using case studies and experiential investigative analysis, students will identify warning signs, assess risk factors, and explore best practices for investigating potential IPH. The course emphasizes the role of power and control in abusive relationships and evaluates systemic responses that may either prevent or contribute to fatal outcomes. Students will also learn to communicate with surviving family members and next of kin using trauma-informed, compassionate approaches.
Learning Objectives
1. Recognize warning signs of escalating IPV that can lead to homicide.
2. Understand how strangulation, prior calls, and threats correlate with lethal outcomes.
3. Explore best practices in death investigation of suspect IPH casework.
4. Apply trauma-informed next-of-kin and family interactions in IPH cases.
2. Understand how strangulation, prior calls, and threats correlate with lethal outcomes.
3. Explore best practices in death investigation of suspect IPH casework.
4. Apply trauma-informed next-of-kin and family interactions in IPH cases.
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