Handout # 2

NOTE: 	This questionnaire can be downloaded at http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~kwaits.  

If you don't care about being anonymous, you can fill out this questionnaire on your computer, save it and email it back to me as an attachment: kwaits@utulsa.edu.  Alternatively, you can fill out the form, print it out and bring it to class or drop it off at the Law Faculty Secretariat.


Domestic Violence
Professor Waits
Questionnaire


NAME [Optional] ___________________________________
[Note: there will not be any handwritten exams or projects in this class.  Therefore, don't worry that I might somehow remember your handwriting for the exam.  I've made your name optional for those students who wish anonymity in order to answer the questions honestly.  You may want to look through the questionnaire before deciding whether to give me your name.]

YEAR IN LAW SCHOOL (1L, 2L, 3L, 4L) [Optional] ____________________
[If not a law student, you may (optional) indicate this, giving field of study and year.]

INSTRUCTIONS

(1)	Please fill out the questionnaire before doing any of the class reading.

(2)	PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS HONESTLY.  The purpose of the questionnaire is to help me teach the class more effectively.  I believe I can do so if I have information about your background and expectations of the class.  There are no right or wrong answers.  Don't try to guess what I might consider the "right" answer.

(3)	If possible, please return your questionnaire to Sharon Miller in the Faculty Secretariat before the first class; even if it's just an hour before the first class meets, this would be helpful to me.



QUESTIONS

[Feel free to use the back or additional pieces of paper if necessary.]

1. 	What interested you in the course?








2. 	What do you expect to get out of the course?







3. 	Do you have any past experience with domestic violence?  This could involve either personal experience, experiences through relatives and friends, professional or volunteer involvement, etc. [Reveal as much or as little as you're comfortable doing.  I will not force any in-class discussion of your experiences.  Any revelation will be completely voluntary on your part.]






4. Do you think you might be involved in domestic violence issues, either as a lawyer/advocate or in some other way, during or after you complete your education?  If so, what type of involvement might you foresee?





5. 	How would you define domestic violence?






6. 	What do you think are some of the causes of domestic violence?




7. What do you see as the link(s), if any, between domestic violence (abuse between adults in intimate relationships) and child abuse?



8. 	Do you have an image of what a victim of domestic violence "looks like"?  Is it a man or a woman?  What are some of his/her characteristics?



9. 	Do you have an image of what a perpetrator of domestic violence "looks like"?  Is it a man or a woman?  What are some of his/her characteristics?




10. Why do you think a perpetrator of domestic violence engages in this conduct?




11. 	Do you think there are effective ways to get perpetrators of domestic violence to stop?  Describe what you think they might be.





12. Why do you think a victim of domestic violence stays in the relationship?




13. 	Do you think there are effective ways to help victims of domestic violence?  Describe what you think they might be.




14. What does the word "feminist" mean to you?



15. 	Do you consider yourself a "feminist"?  Why/why not?



16. 	How would you characterize your overall political views?  Radical/liberal/moderate/conservative/uninterested [add your own; elaborate as you wish]?