MFT: Psychology of Violence- Domestic Violence, Abuse and Legal Mandates
Violence has been described as any form of aggression that could result in either psychological or physical injury. From the early beginning of the current century, violence has increasingly become a pressing issue for behavioural experts. Despite the increased focus on violence in the last two decades, most of the studies tend to investigate effects on victims or risk factors with only a handful looking into the underlying causes of violence and the psychology behind it. Moreover, spousal battering or domestic violence as it is more commonly known, has received lesser attention despite the increase in such kind of violence. This study aims to investigate the main theories that explain the root causes of violence, distinguish cultural, gender and psychological dimensions of violence and also highlight the treatment and violence prevention methods. Lastly, this paper aims to look into the ethical and legal aspects of violence, and the mandatory reporting statutes across the country through a critical analysis of data from various sources (Cavanaugh, Gelles 2015).
Domestic Violence, Abuse and Legal Mandates
For many years now, researchers have attempted to demonstrate the negative effects of exposure to child abuse and other forms of domestic violence. The body of research has grown tremendously in the last few decades with regards to the effects of violence on both adults and children. It is now up to policymakers to tackle the issue of domestic violence in modern societies. It is up to them to look for the best ways of dealing with exposure to childhood abuse or the negative effects of domestic violence. In the last 20 years, many legislations and policies regarding individual and organizational mandates on reporting on domestic violence have been proposed in many states and countries. Most of these policies and legislations have queried whether or not reporting domestic abuse or violence is moral or right. Nonetheless, these policies and legislations are of critical importance in maintaining the rule of law with regards to domestic violence (Welthorn, 2001).
Reporting of Child and Elder Abuse
Even though modern societies face many challenges in trying to reduce or stop child abuse, elder abuse or other forms of domestic violence, several questions have emerged on whether it is moral/right to report elder/child abuse to law enforcement. This is one of the most pressing issues in terms of enacting legislations to curb domestic violence. However, this issue did not prove to be an obstacle as the majority of states were able to come up with Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams so as to evaluate physical abuse, sexual abuse and other forms of domestic violence and to report them to law enforcement authorities. This was a brave move by many state lawmakers and the country as a whole. It is the kind of legislation or initiative that should be adopted by all states. Such mandates are important in curbing the effects of elder abuse, child abuse and domestic violence (Durborow, Lizda, O'Flaherty, Marjavi, 2010).
It is, however, critical that all individuals mandated to report the abuses should submit their reports in the set period of time. One of the states that enacted the adult and child abuse reporting statutes is that of California. The statutes may, however, recommend different procedures for reporting adult abuse cases or child abuse cases. Even though, there are variations that all reports are supposed to be submitted within 2 days. A report submitted after the stipulated time is usually not accepted (HSAF, 2015). Still, in California, no one who reports suspected domestic violence can bear criminal responsibility for doing so. The confidentiality clause in the state's anti-DV (domestic violence law) says so. This statute has over the years both praise and criticism. This is because it is known that under the law anyone above the age of eighteen can get married without getting the permission of their guardians, parents or any other individual. This is thought to give married individuals the power or control of their private lives. However, with regards to the anti-domestic violence statute, this power or privilege is revoked, making it a must to report any suspected case of abuse. It is my opinion that this is the right way of doing this in the modern society and it is also the correct way of curbing DV (HSAF, 2015).
Child Custody
It is a legal principle that a child's biological parents should make the decisions about how to raise...
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