Intimate Partner Violence
Poverty and Alcohol Consumption leads to Domestic Violence 1
Introduction
Domestic violence has been at the most important part of the criminal justice system for many years now. Domestic violence has been known as one of the most severe crime around the world. The phrase domestic violence is now also known as Intimate Partner Violence, which in short abbreviates to IPV (Cares, & Felson, 2005). From numerous research it has been proven that poverty and alcohol consumption leads to domestic violence. Intimate partner violence (IPV), is when one of the partners use physical, sexual, or even mental abuse to hurt the partner they are intimate with. (Smith, Homish, Leonard, & Cornelius, 2011). However, domestic violence is also towards relationships that are not intimate, but are just together as a couple. Relationships where individuals were partners before, but are not anymore still go through abuses of all sorts even when individuals are not intimate. (Cohn, McCrady, Epstein, & Cook, 2010). Some type of abuse, which does not always have to be physical, or sexual, affects couples as in people in a type of relationship. Every couple at some point of their relationship will go through arguments and disagreements whether that argument leads to physical or sexual abuse or not, it does affect one mentally. Individuals in the relationship and the relationship itself are emotionally connected.
Poverty and Alcohol Consumption leads to Domestic Violence 3
Poverty
Domestic violence and poverty are most likely always together. Families, relationships, and couples who experience domestic violence are often victims of poverty. Poverty and domestic violence affect a significant amount of women and children. Significant numbers of low-income women are beat up / abused. (Fay, Robert, & Train 1995). Poverty also makes it difficult to end domestic or any kind of violence. In the year 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (2011) the reports indicate
Introduction
Domestic violence has been at the most important part of the criminal justice system for many years now. Domestic violence has been known as one of the most severe crime around the world. The phrase domestic violence is now also known as Intimate Partner Violence, which in short abbreviates to IPV (Cares, & Felson, 2005). From numerous research it has been proven that poverty and alcohol consumption leads to domestic violence. Intimate partner violence (IPV), is when one of the partners use physical, sexual, or even mental abuse to hurt the partner they are intimate with. (Smith, Homish, Leonard, & Cornelius, 2011). However, domestic violence is also towards relationships that are not intimate, but are just together as a couple. Relationships where individuals were partners before, but are not anymore still go through abuses of all sorts even when individuals are not intimate. (Cohn, McCrady, Epstein, & Cook, 2010). Some type of abuse, which does not always have to be physical, or sexual, affects couples as in people in a type of relationship. Every couple at some point of their relationship will go through arguments and disagreements whether that argument leads to physical or sexual abuse or not, it does affect one mentally. Individuals in the relationship and the relationship itself are emotionally connected.
Poverty and Alcohol Consumption leads to Domestic Violence 3
Poverty
Domestic violence and poverty are most likely always together. Families, relationships, and couples who experience domestic violence are often victims of poverty. Poverty and domestic violence affect a significant amount of women and children. Significant numbers of low-income women are beat up / abused. (Fay, Robert, & Train 1995). Poverty also makes it difficult to end domestic or any kind of violence. In the year 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (2011) the reports indicate
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