SB751 Preventing Sexual Violence Summer Course!
SB751 Preventing Sexual Violence: A Public Health Perspective
Learn about a range of issues pertinent to understanding and preventing sexual violence in the United States. Starting with the history of sexual violence in human history and moving through a series of important topics including theories about why sexual violence occurs, whether perpetrators can ever be rehabilitated, if survivors can recover from PTSD, and how public health professionals can collect data, design and test interventions, and advocate for public policies to further progress on these topics, students will have the opportunity to delve deeply into the many complex debates related to sexual violence prevention and sharpen their basic public health skills in the process. This course is taught by Dr. Emily Rothman, only offered every other year, and fills quickly—please plan ahead for registration. Limit: 25 students
For more information, contact:
Dr. Emily Rothman | erothman@bu.edu | Summer 1: May 20-Jun 26
