Community Intervention Against Domestic Abuse

At my agency I work with victims of domestic violence. In training with Chesterfield County Domestic Violence Resource Center I learned a lot about how this growing problem has affected them. This county is one of two that had been recognized for efforts to ending domestic violence. They believe that effective intervention in assaults and sexual violence occurs when the agency and service coordinates their policies and practice to meet community intervention.

Kulwicki, et al. (2010) describes the barriers used by Arab Immigrant women for domestic violence indicated that 25% of women beaten by their spouses, 18.4% were kicked by them, 7% of women reported their husband used a gun or knife and 20% were sexually abused. . Women felt 41.9 % of nervousness, 35.4% of fatigue and 56.6% of stress, depression and emotional disorders that make them unable to concentrate on their daily activities. Arab

Domestic violence is more common than most people would like to believe. About one in every four women will be victimized by a significant other at some point in their lives (Clevenger & Roe-Sepowitz 2009). Many women are not able to get out of their situation on their own and need help from others. Women in abusive relationships should consider going to a shelter for help to get out of their unsafe situation. Shelters can assist not only with a safe place to live but it can also be a stepping stone to rebuilding their lives. A shelter is there to provide a safe living environment and multiple resources that someone would need to get themselves back on their feet. Some of the resources are safety planning, legal assistance, mental health care and counseling,

Society is standing behind domestic violence against women and fighting for these women’s safety and freedom. In current times domestic violence has been treated as a breach of the law. Just before the end of the twentieth century, in the 1970’s, has domestic violence has been categorized as a crime. Police were trained to obscure domestic calls and it became average rehearsal to postpone any response to them in the expectation that the trouble would resolve itself at home, or that the attacker wouldn’t be there when police arrived. Throughout the years police, courts, prosecutors has made an attempt to modify their practices. Many programs have been developed to help domestic violence victims to help them escape their situation and start a new life. New York City has locations for victims to be given services. These services have crisis shelter and permanent housing, orders of protection, financial support, therapy, health care, legal aid.Meanwhile, a problem in New York that’s out of control is a hate crime. New York has very strict hate crimes laws that are taken seriously with severe consequences. When you purposely select an individual and do an illegal act linking violence against them while using offensive racial, sexual,

Oregon was the first state to initiate the mandatory arrests law in 1977, (CITE) There has been an alarming increase in the proportion of females being arrested for domestic violence ( CITE) Often times this has led to the victim being arrested. There have been several theories that have been suggested for the increase in female arrests, some include: (CITE)

Among some institutions, there is a tendency to view domestic violence victims as living a “risky life” (Johnson 2014). People who are domestic violence victims experience discrimination, extreme hardships, and poverty; however, victims still attempt to seek help and separation from domestic abuse by using law enforcement and programs offered to shelter domestic violence victims from harm (Currul-Dykeman 2014). Research suggests domestic violence is the primary cause of homelessness because of the laws concept of short-term safety by separation (Johnson 2014). Although the law is faulty, it has raised awareness on the issue of domestic violence and the suggestion of having laws redefined. Because the law in not clear on how to provide long-term safety for domestic violence victims, they are often unattended to and marginalized. They manage to gain a sense of empowerment through the availability of programs such as shelters and counseling. This article would examine the empowerment of domestic violence victims and the ways in which they seek to gain support through programs, participate in law, and improve their circumstances. The analysis that follows includes the attitudes and behaviors of domestic violence victims who experience undergoing the process of separating from their abuser.

The human’s rights issue I choose is domestic violence. Domestic violence statistics show 85% women and 15% percent of men are victims of domestic violence in the United States, and an estimated number of 960,000 incidents per year. Domestic violence is an aggressive or a violent behavior within the home, involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner. “Domestic violence is domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, dating abuse, and intimate partner violence (IPV), is a pattern of behavior which involves the abuse by one partner against another in an intimate relationship such as marriage, cohabitation, dating or within the family” (NA, April 21, 2014, In Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia). Domestic violence is a human rights issue because violence against someone can cause physical, emotional, mental, and social effects on men, woman, or children. Being physically abused can mean that maybe you have broken or sprained bones, bruises and black eyes, or other type of scars and marks. “Emotional abuse can be more harmful than physical abuse because it can undermine what we think about ourselves” (Maria Bogdanos, April 22, 2014, Signs of Emotional Abuse). It can lead to insecurities, or thoughts to having negative doubts about yourself. Being mentally abuse is when someone is telling you that you’re not going to be worth nothing and it can be emotional abuse too. When being in an abused situation it can take hold on social effects by going out and being

The main themes of this argument are the political and social attitudes of the subject and how the trends of Domestic Violence and Abuse persuade communities and individuals to feel about the matter; also how different locations and situations have an

Domestic Violence Shelters are a lifeline for victims who find themselves in imminent danger of abuse. The National Network to End Domestic Violence, (NNED) conducted a study where it was found, that within the United Stated, there are 1,905 identified domestic violence shelters accessible to help victims of intimate partner violence (NNEDV, 2013). It is within these shelters that survivors are able to regain control through specialized services designed to empower their self-perception; offering comprehensive advocacy and educational services on preventative initiatives. The fact that the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence statistic states, “1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been victims of, some form of, physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime” (NCADV, 2015 p.1), should be unacceptable to us as a society. The goal of domestic violence shelters, given these facts, is

Domestic violence in a relationship (specifically spousal abuse) has continuously been a perplex issue in a functional society that has been deliberately overlooked and often ignored in a society. According to Criminology: Theory, Research and Policy, intimate partner abuse (spousal abuse) is defined as “abuse that occurs between current or former heterosexual or homosexual intimates. It includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and violence”. It encompasses the idea of one gender in a relationship lacking or not fulfilling a responsibility. This would then lead to asserting dominance over the other gender as a means to balance out the trait in which the abuser lacks. According to Glamour.com, nearly 60 percent of women between the ages of 18-35 have experienced abuse in their lifetime; and, unfortunately, 24 percent of those women in abusive relationships have not told anyone that they’re being harmed. Theorists have categorized this type of behavior in biological, psychological and also sociological theories. The five theories that best interpret the causation and state of the offender are the Somatotype Theory, the Psychodynamic Theory, the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence and Modeling Theory, the Lifestyle Approach Theory, and the General Strain Theory.

The Lack of resources and information provided to victims of domestic violence is the reason that they stay in those toxic relationship. Why is domestic violence a community issue and what can the community do to help alleviate the issue?

As I listen to my neighbors argue almost nightly I can hear the intense fighting and verbal threats among the adults. I think of their children and what they must feel or what their going through. According to one scholarly source, children that were raised in an abusive home may developed anxiety, depression and dissociation among others into adulthood(Goldsmith and Freyd 96). What is interesting is that they may recognize these symptoms as adults but do not relate it to the past abuse (Goldsmith and Freyd 96).An explanation for the lack of connection to the now present symptoms is that there is; 1. No awareness of the former abuse. 2.The failure of defining mistreatment

In America every third or fourth woman has been victim of domestic violence at some point in her life and according to theoretical research as well as practical experiences, most of the abusers are intimate partners of the victims. They have a special bond between each other and spent a lot of good time together. That is why when abusers turn out to be violent initially, the victims don’t even realize that they are actually being abused. They ignore the warning signs because they have no idea what is coming after it and are caught by surprise when something really unusual happens to them. If the victim leaves that trigger the dangerous revenge in abuser and data shows that most of the severe violent incidents happened after the relationship

There is a persisting problem of domestic abuse in America that has been around for centuries and has only become socially unacceptable within the last century. As it stands, the most logical way to end this conflict is from the men’s vantage point. Men hold an immense power in society, and with the proper organization, resources, methods and educations; they can put an end to domestic abuse. The key strategy to this plan is that of educating, being knowledgeable on the issue and discovering ways to prevent it leads to success of the movement. Education needs to be instilled into the various facets of society, including but not limited to, the school systems. As it stands, one could also look to women for various solutions to the conflict.

INTRO: Could I please have everyone in the room who has a red dot on their piece of paper to please stand up? You are the 1 in 3 Australian women who experience domestic violence in your lifetime. Now the people who have a yellow dot on their paper please rise. You are the 1 in 5 Australian women who have already, or will be exposed to some kind of sexual violence in your lifetime. Finally, stand if you have a green dot on your piece of paper. (PAUSE) You are the one of 4000 women that die each year due to domestic violence, and in most cases 75% of you 4000 women are killed when attempting to leave an abusive relationship with your intimate partner. So why