When Words Hurt: Investigating and Prosecuting Cases of Emotional Maltreatment
Course Description
Students will receive an overview of the literature concerning the emotional abuse of a child and will receive concrete suggestions for investigating these cases and for proving an allegation of emotional abuse in either a civil child protection or a criminal case.
Learning Objectives
1. Learn of various legal and clinical definitions of emotional abuse.
2. Receive concrete strategies for investigating and proving a case of emotional abuse in a civil or even criminal court of law.
3. Research on the short and long term impact of emotional abuse on children.
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