examine the impact of domestic violence (DV) in the lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ transgender community (LGBT) and demonstrate the plethora of disparities that impact this community in the DV arena. Domestic violence is statistically more prominent in a homosexual relationship than in a heterosexual (cisgender) relationship (White & Goldberg‚ 2006). Domestic violence is associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) (Dunne‚ 2014). The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV‚ n.d) states: Two
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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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Interview with a domestic violence victim If I were to interview a victim of domestic violence I would do it in a very caring way. I would not be judgmental‚ and I would do my best to make them feel as safe and comfortable as possible. I would ask them how long the abuse had been going on because they would help me understand how much emotional pain they had. I would then ask them why they stayed (if they stayed) with the abuser. I feel that’s an important question because it helps me know what
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Еssay Child victims of domestic violence Family today are unfortunately less as a fundamental unit of a healthy society. " Almost all countries in the world are faced with the inability to determine the number of victims of kriminalitetot‚ and especially when such women. According to UN studies‚ women are the most frequent victims of sexual violence (50%) attacks of personality (10%) and other attacks on property (10%). For nasilonichkiot kriminalitet family largely lacks
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Week 5 DQ 2 – Due Thursday‚ August 26 Please post a 200 - 300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. Discussion Question Review Ch. 10 of Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology. Choose a theoretical viewpoint based on your readings. Answer the following questions: How does your theoretical viewpoint explain the causes of substance abuse‚ and what treatments does it recommend? What are some of the strengths or weaknesses of your viewpoint? Psychodynamic theorists
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glass to get to the other side‚ domestic violence. How long can they keep the abuser calm? Three of every ten women have been in the situation of domestic violence as one of ten men have been in the situation. According to Google‚ domestic violence is “violent or aggressive behavior within the home‚ typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner”. In relationships it’s really hard to walk away when love is found. The disadvantages of domestic violence is depression‚ PTSD‚ and dissociation
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the module. Domestic violence is a worldwide social problem‚ which has extremely high prevalence‚ affecting as many as 1.2 million woman and 800‚000 men in the United Kingdom during 2011 and 2012 according to the Office of National Statistics (2013). It is only fairly recently that it has been considered a social problem‚ domestic violence was discovered‚ publicly in the 1970s Berns (2008). Berns (2008) also argues that domestic violence may be influenced by a larger culture of violence‚ which is regarded
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Did you know that violence is becoming a bigger issue across the world? Three in every ten children are abused and report it. In latin-America alone 40 million children are victims of abuse‚ violence‚ and neglect. Children with any disability are less likely to report abuse‚ and if they do report abuse they are also less likely to be trusted. African Americans are the most likely to be mistreated. Asians‚ by contrast‚ are the least likely to be abused. I believe that violence is becoming a bigger
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loss‚ marital breakdown‚ mental illness‚ and alcohol and drug addiction. But when it comes to youth in particular‚ the reasons tend to revolve around the family. Homelessness can also be caused by physical‚ emotional‚ or sexual trauma such as domestic violence. Some might say what all homeless individuals have in common is an internal on-going terror‚ as well as loneliness‚ despair‚ fear‚ and dread. Affordable housing is a huge concern in our society. Youth live on the streets because their families
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Domestic violence is a terrible problem that we all must face‚ not only the people who are victims. We need to stop this before the problem develops into anything bigger than it already is. The battered woman‚ it has been said‚ lives in a world of terror and her home is her prison (Berger‚ 1990‚ pg. 35). For many hundreds of years people weren’t worried about domestic violence. In fact‚ a popular family journal‚ the Journal of Marriage and Family‚ did not include a
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