Define the Problem Decades of overlooking domestic violence as a social problem has recently been followed by an intense amount of public‚ private‚ and professional interest in this subject. One of the earliest responses to family violence was the development and growth of shelters for battered women and their children (Johnson & Kanzler 1993). Soon after their establishment‚ shelter staff noticed that a large percentage of abused women returned to their abusive partners (Hamberger and Hastings 1993)
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After a long period of ignoring domestic violence‚ the prime minister‚ Malcolm Turnbull‚ revealed a $100 million package to combat the issue facing Australia. The statistics are now proven that: 2 women are murdered each week this year‚ another hospitalised every three hours and that a woman in Australia is more likely to be killed in her own home by her male partner than anywhere else or by anyone else. There must be some reason for it. The victim looks for reasons too‚ which is why it can take
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Causes There are many different theories as to the causes of domestic violence. These include psychological theories that consider personality traits and mental characteristics of the perpetrator‚ as well as social theories which consider external factors in the perpetrator’s environment‚ such as family structure‚ stress‚and social learning. As with many phenomena regarding human experience‚ no single approach appears to cover all cases. Whilst there are many theories regarding what causes one
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Domestic violence can happen to both men and women‚ although there are more evidence that shows that women experience more violence than men. Since most of the states in the U.S. have mandated arrests for domestic violence‚ it is important for the police officers to know and appropriately distinguish the perpetrator and the victim of violence. The gender of the suspect and the victim should not be the only variable that the police officers must consider. Other variables should also be carefully
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: WHAT NEED TO BE CHANGED The statistics are shocking. Everyday women are being beaten‚ terrorized and murdered at the hands of their husbands‚ boyfriends and ex-husbands‚ “At least one woman is battered every 15 seconds” (FBI). To make matters worse‚ batterers often seek and gain custody of their children‚ even though the batterers often abuse their children as well as women. Our society has come a long way in understanding abuse and in addition the legal system has
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Monica Spriggs Dr. Benjamin West English 101 June 28‚ 2013 Domestic Violence and Stiffer Penalties No one should have to suffer from the physical‚ mental‚ or emotional abuse from domestic violence; that is why I feel there should be stiffer penalties for domestic violence offenders. Every time a victim left a violator‚ to them it never felt right because they were caught up in the false sense of security and the realness of fear and let’s not forget the fake love. Break the chains that bind
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far more. Homelessness can be a result of domestic violence‚ drug abuse‚ and money problems‚ when someone is living on the streets‚ it can lead to these‚ among other problems worsening. Domestic Violence
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Dr. Anthony Dejesus Final Paper- Domestic Violence and Immigrant Women Due May 1‚ 2013 Jeanette Santiago Introduction to Domestic Violence In Immigrant Families: This paper will be focusing on domestic violence and Immigrant families affected by abuse. The definition of domestic violence will be provided along with domestic violence laws‚ tips for agencies working with Immigrant Families‚ a
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Domestic Violence [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Abstract Domestic Violence is also known as family violence‚ battering‚ domestic abuse and intimate partner violence (IPV). It causes an inflicting physical injury to a person by one partner to another partner aggressively and emotionally too. Perpetrators of domestic violence are from all the educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. As this is a crime that has been stated into many forms to intimate a person or animal (pets)
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Relationships that Provide Services for Domestic Violence James & Gilliland (2017‚ p. 287) noted‚ there is no more anxiety-provoking call for a police officer than a domestic disturbance call. The calls far outnumber other types of police call in which the possibility of violence‚ injury‚ and death exists to both civilians and police (Benjamin &Walz‚ 1983). On that account‚ when the victim of domestic violence come into an emergency shelter‚ needing support emotional and physical‚ to cope with
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