Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence (Taught)

What makes Understanding Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence at Worcester special?
Our Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence degree aims to enhance your knowledge and skills to boost your prospects for a career working with victims and/or perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence. The course promotes the important link between academic learning and real-world practice.

This postgraduate course has built on our teaching and research experience over the last decade. The course is delivered within the Department of Violence Prevention, Forensic Psychology and Criminology in the School of Psychology. Staff specialise in a range of disciplines across this sector. Our reputation in research continues to grow, and you can expect to learn from, and be supervised by, leading academics in the field.

Key features

• Suitable for anyone interested in the subjects of domestic and sexual violence.

• Highly relevant to those who may be working with either victims/survivors, and/or perpetrators, adults, young people or children affected by domestic and sexual violence.

• Blended-learning - combining taught sessions in a classroom environment as well as through online activities.

• Study with peers from a diverse range of practitioner and cultural backgrounds.

Course Modules

• Theoretical Perspectives on Gender, Violence and Interpersonal Relationships

• Recognition, Responses and Impact of Violence

• Preparing for Independent Research

• Public Health Responses to Violence and Managing Perpetrators

• Dissertation