The Center for Psychology and Law is co-sponsoring the Initiative to End Family Violence’s workshop featuring Center faculty member Jane Stoever. Dr. Stoever will give a presentation titled, “Using Models from Psychology to Improve Legal Responses to Domestic Violence.”
Abstract: The dominant theories used to explain domestic violence, namely, the Power and Control Wheel and the Cycle of Violence, provide only limited insight into intimate partner abuse. Both theories focus exclusively on the abusive partner’s wrongful actions, consistent with recent decades’ concentration on criminalization, but fail to educate about the survivor’s needs and process of ending violence. The Stages of Change Model from the field of psychology, conversely, reveals the process through which domestic abuse survivors seek an end to relationship violence and identifies the survivor’s needs and actions at various stages. This critical information should inform domestic violence law and the representation of abuse survivors; however, this model remains unknown in the legal profession. Professor Stoever will discuss how insights from the Stages of Change Model can transform legal responses to domestic violence.
This event is free and open to the public.
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Time: 4:00 – 5:00pm
Location: UC Irvine School of Law, MPAA 420; University of California, Irvine campus
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