Domestic violence is an insidious problem that affects communities large and small within the entire nation. It is a problem that affects young and old, affluent and underprivileged alike. There are many ways to view domestic violence. Though domestic violence may be defined in many ways, for purposes of this evaluation will be defined as violence that occurs between two individuals living together (Davis, 1998). Typically these individuals will be partners but this is not always the case. Domestic violence may include any type of violence whether verbal or physical, including hitting, verbal abuse, neglect, or any other type of violent act that leads to harm or injury in the battered victim.
Though several legislative measures have been enacted to curb domestic violence, there is still little uniformity of practice among community policing agencies and other support services. At present legislators and community members are considering working together to determine whether…...

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Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2000). Criminal victimization 2000: Changes 1999-2000

with trends 1993-2000 (NCJ Publication No. 187007). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. In Baker, et. al, "Moving beyond the individual: Examining the effects of domestic violence policies on social norms."

Baker, C.K., Carlin, K., Price, A.W. & Salazar, L.F. (2003). "Moving beyond the individual: Examining the effects of domestic violence policies on social norms." Journal of Community Psychology, 32(3-4):253

Davis, R.L. (1998). "Domestic violence: Facts and fallacies." Westport: Praeger

Domestic violence and domestic abuse is a world-wide epidemic. The prevalence of the occurrences of domestic violence is attributable to several variables: cultural differences between partners, alcohol and drug abuse, poverty, and mental issues of aggression, impulse, and character. Psychologists and sociologists have attempted to prove which of these components has the most important impact on whether or not a man will become abusive to his spouse. I say male not to dismiss the occurrences of female physical abuse of males, but because the studies analyzed in the following all consider male abuse of female. Each analyst makes a solid point about how their research indicates that the factor they are examining is the preeminent source of eventual violence. The only logical conclusion that can be drawn is that each of the four factors can contribute to a scenario where a partnership has the potential to escalate into physically violent…...

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Works Cited:

Adelman, Madelaine (2000). "No Way Out: Divorce-Related Domestic Violence in Israel."

Violence Against Women. 6:1223. Sage.

Bassuk, Ellen et al. (2006). "Intimate Partner Violence in Extremely Poor Women: Longitudinal

Patterns and Risk Markers." J. Fam. Springer. 387-399.

Domestic Violence
CASE young female comes to your office looking frightened and dishelved. She made an appointment with you earlier that day. She keeps looking around and appears to be nervous. She discloses that she was beaten up by her boyfriend who she lives with, and she thinks he is following her. She is frightened because he said he would kill her if she told anyone what happened. She tells you she also has a 3-year-old son with her boyfriend.

The most immediate need associated with domestic violence is safety. Within the first few days, after the attach the most important thing for this individual would be to remove her and her minor child from harms way. The therapist should survey the individual to determine resources and a possible existing social network that would allow her to remove her self from the domestic abuse situation. The lack of financial and social circumstances…...

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National Center for PTSD Domestic Violence Website Retrieved July 18, 2004 at: http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/specific/fs_domestic_violence.html.

Abuse Counseling and Treatment Inc. (ACT) "Types of Abuse: Financial Control" Retrieved July 19, 2004 at:  http://www.actabuse.com/financecontrol.html .

Abuse Counseling and Treatment Inc. (ACT) "Types of Abuse: Isolation" Retrieved July 19, 2004 at:

Domestic Violence
Each year, many battered women kill their husbands after years of abuse and violence. Murder, obviously, is against the law, making the actions of these women an offense. The killing abusive husbands forces society to reconcile the desperation of these women with a need to respect and maintain the law. Such reconciliation can involve the use of self-defense as a legal tactic, reduced sentences, and potentially charging women with a crime other than murder.

Over 1.5 million women seek medical intervention in the U.S. As the result of assault by their male partners. There are many others who never seek such treatment. Such abuse, over time, can ultimately drive a small minority of these women to commit murder (Brown).

The legal system largely reacts by sentencing these women to jail, out of adherence to the law's strong prohibition against murder. At the same time, society, in the interest of justice, demands…...

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References

Browne, Angela. 1989. When Battered Women Kill. Free Press.

Leonard, Guy. 2003. Cultural differences pose challenge to combating domestic violence. Gazette.Net, 2003. 09 July 2004. http://www.gazette.net/200349/princegeorgescty/county/190935-1.html

Ludsin, H. (2003a). Legal Defenses for Battered Women Who Kill Their Abusers: Discussion Document 1. Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

United Nations. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 09 July 2004.  http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

Domestic Violence
In our society, there has been an increasing identification of the occurrence of domestic violence for the past two decades. There are many types of domestic violence like physical mistreatment, sexual exploitation, emotional assault, and maltreatment to property and pets. Domestic violence is prevalent and takes place in all socioeconomic groups. A study of about 6000 American families were done, which showed that between 53% and 70% of male assaulters regularly ill-treated their children. Children from homes where domestic violence takes place are bodily or sexually ill treated and/or critically ignored at a rate 15 times the national average. oughly about 45% to 70% of battered women in protection have stated the occurrence of child abuse in their home. (Effects of Domestic Violence on Children and Adolescents: An Overview)

Causes of Domestic Violence

When one companion senses the requirement to rule and control the other, domestic violence may begin. Batterers may…...

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References

Domestic Abuse. Retrieved from / Accessed on 30 November, 2004http://alcoholism.about.com/od/abuse

Domestic Violence. Adopted 36/3 Council 22/23: February 1994 - Appendix 3 Council Meeting 22/23. February 1994. Retrieved from   Accessed on 30 November, 2004http://www.racgp.org.au/document.asp?id=861 

Domestic Violence Fact Sheet. Retrieved from   Accessed on 30 November, 2004http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/DomViolFacts.html 

Dowry Main Cause of Domestic Violence: Study. 30 Oct 2002. Retrieved from http://lists.isb.sdnpk.org/pipermail/gsd-list/2002-October/000747.html

Domestic Violence
The Reasons that omen are Violent in Relationships

The evidence demonstrates that women engage in violent activities at a rate approaching the levels engaged in by men. However, the victims of domestic violence are overwhelmingly characterized as female and the perpetrators as male. How can one reconcile the fact that women and men engage in a similar number of aggressive behaviors with the fact that the victims of domestic violence are overwhelmingly female? One hypothesis is that the majority of violence engaged in by women is defensive, where the majority of violence engaged in by men is offensive.

The objective of the proposed research is to determine whether or not men and women engage in domestic violence for different reasons. A determination of the reasons that men and women engage in violent behaviors will aid the researcher in making a determination of whether men and women are battered at the same…...

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Works Cited

Bachman, R., and Saltzman, L. (1995). Violence against Women: Estimates from the Redesigned

Survey. Washington D.C.: Office of Justice Programs. U.S. Department of justice.

Dobash, R.P., Dobash, R.E., Wilson, M., & Daly, M. (1992). The Myth of Sexual Symmetry in Marital Violence. Social Problems, 39, 71-91.

Saunders, D.G. (1986). When Battered Women Use Violence: Husband-Abuse or Self-Defense?

Domestic Violence
The term 'domestic violence' and 'abusive relationships' are usually used interchangeably, while abusive behavior is referred to as 'battering'. Domestic violence can thus be defined as abusive behavior between adults in an intimate, sexual, usually cohabiting relationship. These abusive behaviors may include, but not limited to; emotional or psychological abuse, isolation, economic abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse (Hunter, 2010). It is a known fact that women are the most victims of domestic violence. The question that most people in the society ask is, "why can't abused women walk out of such relationships?"

The immediate reply one would get on asking such a question is that only those who are being abused understand why they are staying. This simply means that there are certain realities that such women face that are not understand by the society. In order to understand these realities, we need to look at patterns of behavior…...

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REFERENCES

Brewster, Susan (2006). Helping her get free: A Guide for Friends and Family of Abused

Women. New York: Avalon Publishing Group

Hunter, Joana V. (2010). But He'll Change: End the Thinking That Keeps You in an Abusive

Relationship. Manhattan: Hazelden Publishing

Domestic Violence
hy do abused women tend to stay with their abusers? hat are the realities for those abused women -- and how do the realities impact the treatment of battered women? This paper delves into those questions and issues.

Choice and Empowerment for Battered omen who Stay

An article in the peer-reviewed journal Social ork points out that while there have been plenty of articles and a great deal of information in recent years -- so that the public is more aware of the problem of battered women than in the past -- that additional knowledge has "proved useful" in dramatizing the problem but in addition it has "created new myths and injustices" (Peled, et al., 2000). One of the realities that result from the additional publicity about battered women is that women who stay in relationships with their batterers are seen as a "deviant group" -- which is unfortunate and does…...

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Works Cited

McCormick, T. (1999). Convicting Domestic Violence Abusers when the Victim Remains

Silent. BYU Journal of Public Law, 13(2), 427-450.

Peled, E., Eisikovits, Z., Enosh, G., and Winstok, Z. (2000). Choice and Empowerment for Battered Women Who Stay: Toward a Constructivist Model. Social Work, 45(1), 9-15.

Domestic Violence
emaining in an abusive relationship may seem a preposterous proposition to some, but a complex range of psychological and sociological factors impact the stay/leave decision. In particular, there are financial reasons as well as familial pressures to remain in an abusive relationship long after it is healthy to do so. Women in rural areas are especially at risk for suffering "further emotional abuse, physical violence, and sexual assault" after leaving an abusive relationship (ouse 292). Patriarchal values and entrenched patriarchal social, political, and economic systems are at the root cause of why many women remain trapped (ouse). Social and cultural pressures to remain in a committed relationship at all costs may deter some women from staying in a relationship after it becomes abusive.

Analyses of trends reveals that the longer the relationship has lasted, the more likely the woman is to remain in it (Bell and Naugle). However, if the…...

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References

Bell, Kathryn and Naugle, Amy E. "Understanding Stay/Leave Decisions in Violent Relationships." Behavior and Social Issues. Vol. 14, No. 1. 2005.

Rouse, Linda P. "Dangerous Exits: Escaping Abusive Relationships in Rural America." Contemporary Sociology. Vol. 39, No. 3. 2010.

The SAFE Act not only protects victims of domestic violence, but also helps them become effective members of the country's economy. Domestic violence also account for about fifteen percent of total crimes committed in the United States. Reports from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institute of Health indicate that each year, 5, 300, 000 non-fatal violent victimization committed by intimated partners against women are recorded.
Female murder victims are likely to occur compared to male murder victims to have been murdered by intimate partners (Congress 528). According to Congress, half of female murder victims and four percent of male murder highlighted in the Disease Control, Prevention, and National Institute of Health reports met their death in the hands of intimate partners. ith respect to government statistics, approximately 987, 400 rapes take place in United State where 89% of the rapes are perpetrated against female victims. Since 2001,…...

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Work Cited

Burton, Mandy. Legal responses to domestic violence. New York: Routledge, 2008.

Buwaza, Eve. Domestic violence: The criminal justice response. London: SAGE, 2003.

Congress. Congressional Record, V. 151, Pt. 16, September 26 to October 6, 2005. Washington:

Government Printing Office, 2010.

Domestic violence is a complex problem requiring a multiagency response. This response should include a range of advocacy, support, engagement with the criminal and civil justice systems and with other voluntary and statutory sector agencies.
Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors utilized by one person in a relationship to control the other person. Partners may be married or not, heterosexual, gay or lesbian, separated or dating.

Abuse encompasses such behaviors as name calling and putdowns, keeping a partner from contacting their family or friends, withholding money, stopping a partner from getting or keeping a job, actual or threatened physical harm, sexual assault, stalking, and intimidation.

Violence can be criminal and includes physical assault, sexual abuse, and stalking. Though emotional, psychological and financial abuses are not criminal behaviors, they can lead to criminal violence.

Domestic Violence has a long history. In early oman society a woman was considered the property of her husband and…...

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References

Gross, D. (2005, February 10). Husband battering. The Men's Resource Network, Inc./TheMensCenter.com/MENSIGHT Magazine. Retrieved March 7, 2012 from  http://mensightmagazine.com/Library/husbatter.htm 

Henslin, J.M. (2008). Social problems: A down to earth approach. 8th Ed. New York: Pearson

Hester, M. & Westmarland, N. (2005, February). Tackling domestic violence: Effective interventionsand approaches. Home Office Research Study 290. Retrieved March 7, 2012 from http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hors290.pdf

Johnson, M.P. & Ferraro, K.J. (2000, November). Research on domestic violence in the 1990s: Making decisions. Journal of marriage and the family. Vol. 62, No. 4, 948-963. Retrieved March 8, 2012 from Home Office Research Study 290. Retrieved March 1, 2011 from http://www.personal.psu.edu/mpj/2000%20JMF%20Johnson%20&%20Ferraro.pdf

Domestic Violence and Effects on Children
In the western culture, childhood is referred to as the period of special protection and rights. When a child is brought up in a safe and nurturing environment their development is expected to unfold.When a child is born, their brain is about 25% of its adult weight, which later increases to 66% by the end of first year. During the developing stages the brain is most susceptible to the impact of traumatic experiences (Perry, 1997). Latest research implies that exposure to extreme trauma can change the organization of the brain, which can result in problems in dealing with stresses later in life (Brown & Bzostek, 2003). According to the attachment theory, a child's sense of security depends on security of attachment to its first caregiver. In addition, the kind of relationship developed serves as a model of how to relate to people later in life.…...

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References

Bogat, G.A., DeJonghe, E., Levendosky, A.A., Davidson, W. S., & Von Eye, A. (2006). Trauma symptoms among infants exposed to intimate partner violence.Child Abuse & Neglect, 30, 109 -- 125.

Brandon, M., & Lewis, A. (1996). Significant harm and children's experiences of domestic violence. Child and Family Social Work, 1, 33 -- 42.

Brown, B.V., & Bzostek, S. (2003). Violence in the lives of children.CrossCurrents, 1, Child Trends DataBank.

Cleaver, H, et al. (1999). Children's needs -- parenting capacity: The impact of parentalmental illness, problem alcohol and drug use, and domestic violence on children'sdevelopment, UK Department of Health.

Domestic Violence
Is Domestic Violence a Learned Behavior?

Unfortunately, domestic violence is a learned behavior. There are many forms of domestic violence and/or abuse: Physical, Sexual, Ritualistic, Verbal, Emotional, Religious, Silent, Elder, Economic, Using Children, Threats, Intimidation, Sibling, Cultural, Isolation, Personal, Institutional, and itness Abuse, etc.… However, they all have the same common denominator: the perpetrator's desire to gain and maintain POER and CONTROL in the relationship (Laws 2011). Domestic violence or abuse is a pattern of controlling behaviors that are purposeful, and directed at achieving compliance from and over a victim without regard for his or her rights. These behaviors can be perpetrated by adults or adolescents against their intimate partner or significant other in current or former dating, married or cohabiting relationships. Domestic violence is a combination of physical force or terror designed to cause physical, psychological, social, religious, economic, mental, and emotional harm to victims. Characteristics of domestic violence…...

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Works Cited

Klein, Ethel, Jacquelyn Campbell, Esta Soler, and Marissa Ghez. "Ending Domestic

Violence: Changing Public Perceptions/Halting the Epidemic." Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1997.

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"Know the Learned Behavior of Domestic Violence." Laws, 2011. Web 17 Apr. 2012

Domestic Violence
Applied research project

Domestic violence is one of the most pervasive and little-understood crimes perpetuated today. The reasons that so many women remain in such abusive relationships and also why some women are finally capable of leaving violent households are little-understood, even though there is considerable statistical evidence that women suffering from domestic violence are under great risk of losing their lives to their abusive partners. This paper offers a qualitative research design approach for a proposed study to explore motivational factors for why women leave or stay in such relationships. It is phenomenological in nature in the sense that it attempts to describe why women act as they do, and to categorize the various personal factors that impact their actions, rather than impose paradigmatic designs or theories upon the women's responses.

Stage One: Conceptualization of a research focus

Domestic violence is one of the most common, yet underreported crimes today. According…...

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References

Carney, John H. Joseph F. Joiner & Helen Tragou. (1997). Categorizing, coding, and manipulating qualitative data. The Qualitative Report, 3 (1). Retrieved:

 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-1/carney.html 

Interviewing techniques in domestic violence cases. (2011). State of NJ. Retrieved:

 http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/njpdresources/dom-violence/module-four-student.pdf

Domestic violence is often overlooked or simplified. People assume children who become exposed to domestic violence only exhibit negative symptoms. Just a couple of decades ago, few had any idea of the impact domestic violence had and continues to have on a child. From growing up and dealing with the pain and/or stigma, to lesser social skills and bad coping mechanisms, the effects of domestic violence on children are clearly visible in some cases while unnoticed in others.
These effects range from severe on one end of the spectrum, to little or no effect on the other. (Due in part to their level of internal or external resiliency) Current research focuses on several areas (1. behavioral and emotional ability, 2. cognitive and coping ability, and 3. long-term issues such as PTSD and depression.) and splits them into categories. (behavioral, emotional, social, cognitive, and mental/physical effects) so as to show the full…...

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References

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, (1986). Journal of interpersonal violence. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.

Crosson-Tower, C. (2002). Understanding child abuse and neglect. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Ellens, J.K., & University of California, S. (2008). The effects of domestic violence, child abuse, and parenting stress on psychological distress in children. Santa Barbara, Calif.: University of California, Santa Barbara.

Evans, S.E., Davies, C., & DiLillo, D. (2008). Exposure to Domestic Violence: A Meta-Analysis of Child and Adolescent Outcomes (13). Retrieved from DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln website: http://www.childwitnesstoviolence.org/uploads/2/5/7/9/257929/evans._exposure_to_domestic_violence._a_m

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