Courtney McDonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 6530490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Courtney McDonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Courtney |
| FAMILY NAME | McDonald |
| SIGNATURE | MCDONALD C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia Southwestern State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8421-461X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Inter-sibling violence as a mechanism of hegemony
Gender-based violence refers to the violence that gendered individuals, typically women and girls, experience due to patriarchal systems of inequality which position woman and girls as objects of discipline and control. One patriarchal system, the nuclear family, is particularly prone to gender inequality and thus violence. This article engages in a theory-building exercise to explain the gendering of violence as it occurs within inter-sibling re…
Criminal Justice Student and Alumni Perspectives on Advising
The importance of effective advising has been well-documented, though little research has examined the relationship between advising experiences and alumni satisfaction with their education. This study examines current Criminal Justice student and alumni perspectives on advising experiences. Qualitative data were collected via an online survey and analyzed using the principles of grounded theory. While both groups report high levels of satisfacti…
By the Hands of Our Brothers
Two major forms of aggression against children have recently received considerable attention from the media: childhood bullying specific to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GLBTQ) youths and family violence. As a consequence, research on these topics has also increased and expanded to include bullying and violence within the family for both heterosexual and GLBTQ youths. Importantly, however, these studies have focused on adult-to-…
Parental and Others’ Responses to Physical Sibling Violence
If the doctors see that they don't know how to cure the disease, they say it's Aids’
South Africa, like other sub-Saharan African countries, is in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. Older women, here defined as aged 60 years and older, while at lower risk of infection than those aged 20–50, are amongst those deeply ‘affected’ by the epidemic. In rural areas, older women, who have always played central roles in social reproduction in South African households and families, bear the brunt of care giving for the sick and dying. For this…
The Social Context of Woman-to-Woman Intimate Partner Abuse (WWIPA)
The Social Context of Woman-to-Woman Intimate Partner Abuse (WWIPA)
If the doctors see that they don't know how to cure the disease, they say it's Aids’
South Africa, like other sub-Saharan African countries, is in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. Older women, here defined as aged 60 years and older, while at lower risk of infection than those aged 20–50, are amongst those deeply ‘affected’ by the epidemic. In rural areas, older women, who have always played central roles in social reproduction in South African households and families, bear the brunt of care giving for the sick and dying. For this…
Parental and Others’ Responses to Physical Sibling Violence
By the Hands of Our Brothers
Two major forms of aggression against children have recently received considerable attention from the media: childhood bullying specific to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GLBTQ) youths and family violence. As a consequence, research on these topics has also increased and expanded to include bullying and violence within the family for both heterosexual and GLBTQ youths. Importantly, however, these studies have focused on adult-to-…
Inter-sibling violence as a mechanism of hegemony
Gender-based violence refers to the violence that gendered individuals, typically women and girls, experience due to patriarchal systems of inequality which position woman and girls as objects of discipline and control. One patriarchal system, the nuclear family, is particularly prone to gender inequality and thus violence. This article engages in a theory-building exercise to explain the gendering of violence as it occurs within inter-sibling re…
Criminal Justice Student and Alumni Perspectives on Advising
The importance of effective advising has been well-documented, though little research has examined the relationship between advising experiences and alumni satisfaction with their education. This study examines current Criminal Justice student and alumni perspectives on advising experiences. Qualitative data were collected via an online survey and analyzed using the principles of grounded theory. While both groups report high levels of satisfacti…
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Domestic violence (3 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Sibling (3 works) · Suicide prevention (3 works) · Child abuse (2 works)