Client Oriented Research Question : Why Male Perpetrators Of Domestic Violence Are Entered Into Diversion Programs

This proposal, submitted to the Domestic Violence Support Western Sydney Service, is to advocate for the inclusion of a support group focused on male victims of domestic violence in the services that are currently provided by the DVSWSS. With all due respect to the amazing support and services the DVSWSS provide to female victims, this proposal would be targeted specifically at the creation of a support group for male victims as there is a need for such services as is shown below. This proposal will aim to provide a mean for the DVSWSS to continue to be a leader in the support of domestic violence victims by providing services to all victims in need.

William, Rachel’s three year old son is crying standing over her as she is slowly regaining consciousness. Her boyfriend, Daniel, was gone; their bedroom door was left cracked open and Rachel was on the couch in their room. Pained around her neck from where he choked her, she tries to wrap her head around how she got to this point. Why does Daniel hate her? What did she do this time? Can she, should she, just leave with William? Rachel realizes she has to get out of the house before Daniel gets back. When she arrives at her mother’s house, her mom is alarmed. Rachel has bruises around her neck and marks around her hairline. Rachel’s mother tells her “You come here every week and you go back to that monster every week. I see these bruises but you must not feel they are a problem since you keep going back to him.” Rachel’s mom walks out of the room frustrated.

arrested on the grounds of questionable violence (proof should be established in the court of law). The value that directly correlates with domestic violence from a social work perspective would be the importance of human relationships, the social worker has to comprehend that cultivating a healthy and supporting relationship between family members is vital while creating a stable environment for society. It “promotes, restores, maintains, and enhances the well-being of individuals, families, social groups, organizations, and communities” ("Code of Ethics (English and Spanish) - National Association of Social Workers").

Critically analyse what you consider to be the most significant changes in the criminal justice system relating to one particular area.

Domestic violence calls to the police became popular in the 1970’s and 1980’s. History indicates that these calls were considered “family matters” that should be handled by its family. Following the landmark case of “Thurman vs. The city of Torrington”, that garnered a severe financial penalty for the police for failure to respond, changes occurred. In this case, Tracy Thurman was awarded $2.3 million when she sued the city of Torrington, CT police department for their failure to arrest her abusive husband.

Leslie Morgan Steiner, TED talk “Why Domestic Violence Victims Don’t leave”, analyze how the violence victims interact with their situation. In her talk, Steiner discusses, why victims don 't leave their abusers, if they know that they are victims of violence and why did not break the silence. Also, Steiner says that the domestic violence can happen to everyone all races, all religion, all income and education levels. However, domestic violence is either a man hitting or abusing of a woman or a woman of a man. In addition, she says that she was able to end her own “Crazy Love” by breaking the silence then, and also in her talk. Steiner, creates a credible argument based on the right amount of emotional appeal. Even Though, her credibility, and statistics were lacking, it helped just to support her position.

“The NRCDV’s four key initiatives include Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence, the Domestic Violence Awareness Project, the DV Evidence Project, and VAWnet.” Under the Building Comprehensive Solutions Domestic Violence section, it offers a platform that promotes guidance on challenging advocacy issues, for example, child safety supporting victims with ongoing contact with abusive partners. The mission of BCS is to promote victim-defined advocacy and responses. The second section goes over the Domestic Violence Awareness Project. “The NRCDV’s Domestic Violence Awareness Project (DVAP) supports and promotes the national, tribal, territorial, state and local advocacy networks in their ongoing education efforts through public

There are many programs to help people in need against violence, assault, abuse, and delinquency. Each program is design to help people with these issues and how to overcome them. There are many similarities and difference that each program has. Each has its own intervention method used to help people in the different programs. Some programs are very effective in helping people with their issues while other programs are not because of many reasons. All the programs have one thing in common and that is to help people who are going through violence, assault, abuse, and delinquency find help that he or she needs to get out of the situation he or she is in and help them to live them life despite what has happen to them.

Furthermore, in past years, there were rules that permitted a husband to beat his wife, “As long as the instrument he used had a circumference that was smaller than the circumference of his thumb.” (Davies, 2008 pg. 134). Back in the day, the killing of a wife was not seen as a crime. In many areas, if a man or woman discovered infidelity, and killed their spouses in result, was viewed as acceptable. Intimate partner violence is treated differently from state to state. The criminal justice system overall has made improvements when dealing with intimate partner violence over the last 15 years. Many states have implemented laws dealing with domestic abuse, which include: anti-stalking laws in every state, and spousal exemption laws in rape cases. Additionally, every law enforcement personnel have to make an arrest without a warrant for domestic violence cases and penalties are being enforced in violation of court orders.

The profession of social work encompasses several characteristics that meet the needs of marginalized populations. In Las Cruces, New Mexico there has been an absence of assisting domestic violence among men. Recognizing the issue can allow social workers to empower and advocate for clients. It is apparent the scrutiny these individuals endure can be difficult for them to ask for help. In order to better serve our clients, social workers are expected to assess their needs, recognize potential discrimination, and identify resources that are available in the community.

Domestic violence is a serious problem in today’s society. It has become a major issue in the news and also the criminal justice system. Domestic violence includes psychological, emotional and most important physical abuse. Women and children are usually the ones that are mostly impacted by domestic violence but in some cases men are also victims too. Can domestic violence abuser be rehabilitated or should they all go to jail or prison? That’s a question that a lot of people have asked since this problem has be exposed more and more in the news.

Program planning is the implementation of evaluation process. It is the groundwork where priorities are decided and the results are analyzed on a measurable scale.

The purpose of this study is to see whether or not domestic violence causes a damaging affect on children. The study will included criminal justice students in College and the age range will be between 18 and 23 years old. The method is qualitative and will be an interview.

If you believe that you are in any kind of abuse relationship, or someone makes you feel anxious or stressed stop it now. If you know someone who is in a abuse relationship speak now and help them before it’s too late like it was for a lot more people. Let’s make a change today. Don’t wait for tomorrow, tomorrow might be too

In the USA, there are some organization that are trying to help victims from domestic violence. For example, “Women’s Law Organization” is one of the organization that was created by Elizabeth Martin a native of North Carolina, who found her way into domestic violence advocacy when she worked at a shelter in Washington State after completing her undergraduate degree. She had help from her team to put this organization on point. Her interest for this organization was to help survivor of domestic violence to overcome the tragedy they are in. Meanwhile Haiti doesn’t have any types of organizations. So the government or the people responsible for women’s right, needs to stand up, go out there, ask for help everywhere, and do research that can