PA 604: Domestic Violence Data Exploration Project My research topic for this data exploration project was influenced by reading the Bureau of Justice Statistics 2014 Annual Criminal Victimization Report. From that publication, an intriguing statistic caught my attention and research interest. “The rate of domestic violence, which includes crime committed by intimate partners and family members, remained stable from 2013 to 2014 (4.2 per 1,000). No measurable change was detected from 2013 to 2014 in the rate of intimate partner violence (2.4 per 1,000), which includes victimizations committed by current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends” (BJS Criminal Victimization, August 2015). I decided to investigate how this statistic was concluded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
Although Cherie’s volatile relationship has not erupted into physical violence, Tyrone’s threatening behavior could easily escalate from controlling and intimidating behavior to outright domestic violence, which adds another crisis component to this case. As previously mentioned, Cherie revealed that Tyrone belittles and controls her. She also said Tyrone acts excessively jealous, limits her telephone usage and access to money and credit cards. These characteristics are often mentioned when women in domestic violence shelters describe their mate (James & Gilliland, 2013, p.302).
On 08-22-2016 at 1759 hours I was dispatched to 106 Harper Street in reference to a domestic assault. Upon my arrival I made contact with Donald Pickard, who informed me of the following: - He and his girlfriend Serena Barnes have been arguing because he cheated on her while she was in prison. - Barnes has been drinking and has started to throw things and has also been hitting him and scratching him. - Barnes has broken the television, DVD player, and a jar full of marbles. - He does not want to pursue charges just wants her to calm down and possible go somewhere else for the evening.
The article, “An Examination of Exposure to Domestic Violence and its Effects on the Attachment Styles of African American Men in Intimate Relationships”, was retrieved from the ProQuest database and written by Destiny N. Hill. The article was published in 2015, it discusses a study done on the effects of domestic violence on African American males attachment styles. The article focuses on one hypothesis, whether there is a significant difference in the attachment styles of men exposed to domestic violence and men who were not exposed. To test the hypothesis a MANOVA test which is a questionnaire, was done to analyze the data taken from the participants. There were thirty participants ranging from age nineteen to forty-nine.
I think that exposure to intimate partner violence can be a form of abuse. This exposure can be mentally and emotionally scarring to children of all ages. Obviously some events are more tragic than others, but almost all children could suffer from traumatic events related to IPV. As the video “The Children Next Door” mentioned, 5 million children experience childhood domestic violence every year. The children in this from suffered from mood swings, and anxiety that their dad might come back for their mom.
Together, we can rebuild shattered lives and instill hope in the hearts of those who have suffered in silence for far too long. Let us remember that domestic violence is not a private matter. It is a societal issue that demands our attention and action. Each and every one of us has a responsibility to speak out against this injustice, to challenge the status quo, and to stand as allies for those who have been
Thud, the sound of her mothers body crashing against the bedroom wall. Her piercing scream resonates through the house. Her daughter hears everything, every slap, every punch, every moan and sits, huddled in the corner of her room just waiting for the abuse to stop. Domestic violence does not only effect the victim but also the people around them. What if this was you or your mother?
Men's rights activists claim that these statistics and claims are malicious fabrications and if any of them are true that they "characterize domestic violence as the product of understandable male grievance in the context of anti-male discrimination catalysed by feminism" (salter, pg73). Men's rights activists have also claimed that men who murder their wives or children due to care disputes have been "provoked by anti-male judicial bias" (salter pg74). Criticism towards feminism doesn't just come from men's right activists, it can also be found all over the media, internet and social
Domestic Violence in North America Reading or watching something about domestic violence is always a sad case. Imagine you as a impotent child watching you helpless mother getting domestically abused. How would that make you feel? Sad or angry, right? Domestic violence is a serious issue and shouldn't be taken lightly.
The Good and the Bad Victims of domestic violence are not at fault for the abuse that is inflicted upon them. A lot of people ask why the victim stayed in the first place, but in some cases the answer is not always so simple. According to Why Do Abuse Victims Stay, “We often put ourselves in the place of the victims and imagine ourselves leaving at the first signs of abuse. But breaking free of abuse is not simply a matter of walking out the door. Leaving is a process.”
Social work practitioners are involved and aware of all social justice issues in the world today. Domestic Violence is just one major social justice issue which has become more prominent in the world. According to Royal College of Nursing (2013), domestic violence is an incident involving controlling and violent behaviour between intimate partners and/or family members. It also involves physical and emotional abuse. A practitioner working in the field of domestic violence can apply different theories in order to present the best possible outcome for the service user.
Domestic Violence is often defined as the recurring pattern of behaviour in an intimate relationship that is used in order to control, maintain or gain power over a partner; this includes physical, sexual, emotional and psychological abuse (Davies 2008, p. 1; Department of social services 2015 & Australian Bureau of statistics 2013). The principal purpose of this essay is to offer a range of sociological explanation that justifies why domestic violence is happening. Social conflict and symbolic interactionism are the two theories that have been explored. The paper argues that micro level analysis offers a deeper understanding of the motivation behind domestic violence, compared to a macro level one. The study also contains recommendations that
Universally, domestic violence is referred to abusive behavior that is used by the intimate partner to control or power over the other intimate power. This can be in the forms of psychological, sexual, economic or emotional threats or actions that will influence your partner (Kindschi,2013).Domestic violence studies provides that psychopathology, which happens when in violent environment in child development can make the argument of domestic violence progress of being a generational legacy (Kindschi,2013).I chose to write about the Feminist Theory to explain why people commit domestic violence. It believes that the root causes of domestic violence is the outcome of living in a society that condones aggressive behavior by men, while women
Jacquelyn C. Campbell defines intimate partner violence as “physical or sexual assault, or both,” of a spouse or sexually intimate partner. She speaks about how damaging this type of violence can be to women. Campbell provided information from past studies to explain why interventions and assessments should be increased in health-care settings to identify more of these situations. The author looked at information from the past decade and used only the surveys that were in English.
My family endured many hardships during the Marxist military dictatorship (Derg regime) in Ethiopia: my uncles and mother were imprisoned at a young age, some of my cousins “disappeared,” and younger male family members were forced to serve in the army. The country bore all kinds of human cruelty and violations during the reign of then president Mengistu Haile Mariam. The image of dead bodies decaying in the alleys on my mother’s route to school haunts her to this day. I was born in the capital city of Ethiopia—Addis Ababa—a couple of years after the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front overthrew the Derg regime. When two of my uncles fled to Kenya in the late eighties to join hundreds of Ethiopians in refugee camps, they hoped
