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    Domestic Violence Introduction 3 women‚ 5 children will die today. All at the hands of their partners and parents. 1 in 3 women will be the victim of domestic violence Are you the victim‚ or you? Maybe it was me. Body Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents‚ muggings‚ and rapes combined. The CDC reports that 15 million children are abused every year. Recently‚ the NFL has been under a lot of scrutiny for their domestic violence policy. There are as

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    Licensed to: iChapters User Licensed to: iChapters User A Concise Introduction to Logic‚ Eleventh Edition Patrick J. Hurley Publisher: Clark Baxter Senior Sponsoring Editor: Joann Kozyrev Development Editor: Florence Kilgo Assistant Editor: Nathan Gamache Editorial Assistant: Michaela Henry © 2012‚ 2008‚ 2006 Wadsworth‚ Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced‚ transmitted‚ stored‚ or used in any form or by any

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    Problem Women’s violence is a main problem in Tanzania and this paper will describe‚ possible impact brought by domestic violence to women of Tanzania. Women experience the violation such as raping‚ beating‚ threats and involuntary prostitution. Few years ago woman violation was not a major issue in the society‚ and this is because of the social approach towards women‚ where by men were given more priorities in the system of education and labor force in the society than women‚ and this led to

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    “Nearly 25% of women have been victims of domestic violence at some point in their Lives‚ and more than 40% of these women sustained physical injuries from these assaults”(Grover‚ Paul & Dodge‚ 2011‚ P.619). Police have the power to use discretion whenever they want. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary‚ “discretion is the quality of being discreet”(Merriam Webster Dictionary). In other words‚ discretion is when a person has the power to make decisions in certain situations. Police

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    topics facing criminal justices professional today is violence against women. According to the National Institute of Justice‚ about 1.3 million women are physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year. And stalking is more common than previously thought. One needs to improve the effectiveness of the criminal justice system’s response to these crimes. There needs to be better guidelines in place to assure this number decline. Domestic violence is one of those gender related violations that has

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    The Problem of Domestic Violence A problem has become known and to many‚ they feel that it’s about time that the general public has taken notice. This problem has been a taboo for centuries and in the mid nineties it has chosen to let itself be known‚ the problem that I am talking about is domestic violence‚ it has ruined families‚ and demoralized the victims for years and now because of the "trial of the century" we finally are allowed to discuss it in detail‚ without fear of reprisal‚ now we

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    An average of 1 in 4 or 25% of women in the United States has experienced physical or sexual abuse throughout an intimate affiliation at some point in time in their life (“Domestic Violence”‚ 2009). Among these individuals‚ nearly 2‚000 do not make it and die of the resulted injuries they suffer from (“Women against Abuse”‚ 2012). When it comes to domestic violence‚ anyone can be a victim; the violence does not discriminate as to who will suffer from it no matter their sex‚ age‚ race‚ ethnicity‚

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    The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Aboriginal Community Domestic violence in Aboriginal communities is a cause for concern relating directly to Aboriginal women’s health and safety. According to Kubik‚ Bourassa‚ and Hampton (2009)‚ “in Canada‚ Aboriginal women have faced destruction in their communities and families as a result of multiple forms of oppression. Aboriginal women experience the highest rates of violence and abuse of any population in Canada” (p.29). Domestic violence is defined by

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    Domestic Violence Domestic violence is defined as acts of physical and/or psychological violence committed by one partner or on to another. Though committed by both sexes‚ men commit the majority of domestic violence acts. While efforts have been made to prevent men from engaging in domestic violence‚ these efforts have yet to make a major effect on the rates of violence against women. This is because these efforts often involve reversing long-held cultural and societal beliefs. Given this situation

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    Domestic Cycle of Violence   Incident * Any type of abuse occurs (physical/sexual/emotional) Tension Building * Abuser starts to get angry * Abuse may begin * There is a breakdown of communication * Victim feels the need to keep the abuser calm * Tension becomes too much * Victim feels like they are ’walking on egg shells’ Making-Up * Abuser may apologize for abuse * Abuser may promise it will never happen again * Abuser may blame the victim for causing

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