Trauma Of Domestic Violence

Trauma of domestic violence is a risk factor for all women. “Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another” (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, n.d.). Women of all ages, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, religion, nationality, and communities are at-risk of domestic violence. Women are significantly more likely to experience intimate partner violence (domestic violence) than men; women are nearly 6 times more likely than men to be victims of domestic violence (Bachman & Saltzman, 1995). Research reveal that 85 percent of women in the United
When comparing demographic areas, such as urban, suburban, and rural social environments of increased risk factors of domestic violence, there were no significant statistical differences. However, South Carolina, Alaska, and New Mexico ranks among the highest states for domestic homicides per 10,000 women (Jeltsen, 2015). Education level is another socio-demographic characteristic that is found to have no significant difference as an increased risk factor of domestic violence for women. Nonetheless, from 1994 to 2010, the occurrence of domestic violence for women in the United States declined by 64 percent (Bachman & Saltzman, 1995); in which the rate of domestic violence occurrence was estimated at 9.8 per 1,000 women annually decreased to 3.6 per 1,000 women annually (Rennison & Welchans,