Domestic Violence And Verbal Abuse At Home

Although we lost Ellen Pence, a woman who changed how domestic violence is addressed, in 2012, there are many lives that are being saved to this day because of her work. Ellen Pence found her calling in 1977 when she began working for the Minneapolis Housing Authority that helped individuals relocate with housing complications (StarTribune, 2010). It was then that she immersed herself through domestic violence cases and set the standard for addressing these cases. Ellen Pence is especially known for establishing the Duluth Program, a program that address batterers in the court systems, and Praxis Training, which are training on addressing domestic violence for law enforcement, advocates, community agencies, and institutions. Pence’s 35 years of service change the way domestic violence cases were handled, educated key players in domestic violence cases, and showed the world what it was like to be a victim of domestic abuse. Without her efforts, many individuals in power addressing these cases would be lost and those to who are victims would not be understood as they are today.

“Domestic violence is a type of abuse by one or both partners in marriage, friends, family, dating or cohabitation” (Aziz & Mahmoud, 2010). There are many forms of abuse from verbal and emotional to physical that often escalates over time in intensity for the victim. Data from the criminal justice system, hospital patient medical records and mental health records, police reports, surveys and social services reports of thousands of women revealed that many are injured and killed as a result of violence from someone close to them. “The US Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) defines domestic violence as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender” (Robertson & Murachver, 2009). Researchers and the criminal justice system have not been able to agree on a clear definition to domestic violence which can range from physical injury, stalking, verbal abuse and humiliation, denial of shelter and access to money, and intimidation through aggressive behaviors. The definition of domestic violence may vary but the results from physical injury, mental and emotional trauma, and sometimes even death can last a life time.

Throughout my life I've suffered through nurmous horrific events. It began when I was born, when I was diagnosed with Poland syndrome. Poland syndrome is a rare birth defect characterized by underdevelopment of the chest muscle on one side of the body. In most individuals, (me) the missing part is the large section of the muscle that attaches to the upper arm on one side and the breastbone on the other, In women the breast will be noticeably different in overall size and nipple size. I attend a facilty titled "Touching You," for treatment and will later have corrections surgically made later down the road. When I was six years old, my father remarried for the first time to a woman who haunts my mind til this day. Her father took

Physical abuse is defined as deliberately act which causes injuries and intentionally hurting someone with the weapons. Physical violence is common among intimate partners. Most of the male partners often hit their female partners when they are angry or when their partners start arguing with them. Sometimes husband even breaks the bone of his wife over small things like if she is not ready on time or when the food is not cooked properly. Physical violence can cause various health problems in women like chronic joint or muscle pain, loss of hair, stab wounds, cuts, bites, sprains, chipped or lost teeth, internal injuries, chronic headache, high blood pressure, burns, chronic stomach pain and detached retina etc.. For example-In Mumbai’s Bhabha Hospital, people who are wounded among them, the number of women is large and most of the women who come there have been victims of domestic violence. In the consultancy department , almost 40% are women affected by domestic violence , there are the cases of poisoning, fracture, wounds, battered women, pregnant women, who say they fell but usually these are domestic violence cases. When the attacker was none other than her life partner, then how can she feel safe at home. The casualty ward in this hospital gets fewer cases of typhoid, malaria or TB and more women who are victims of domestic violence and this is about one hospital in one locality, in one day. Using the National Family Health Survey the government did a

According to data from the National Collision Against Domestic Violence, a woman in the United States is fatally shot by a spouse, ex-spouse, or other romantic partner on average every 14 hours. Despite these statistics, there are still many misconceptions about domestic violence both in California and across the United States.

In order to recognize the outcomes of domestic violence, it is key to know precisely what domestic violence is. Domestic violence is anything that involves physical damage, sexual assault, or distress of physical damage. In order to aid individuals who are going through domestic violence, it is fundamental to have a healthier understanding of what triggers domestic violence and how it affects the mistreated, abuser, and children of the mistreated.

Never should a person stay in a relationship with a person who is abusive and especially threatening to kill them. God values your life and safety above all else. In this essay I am going to briefly talk about domestic violence and how it is contrary to the will God and when is it permissible to divorce.

“When things were good, they were so good. Like I said, I was always secure with him. He might try to hit me and he might try to kill me, but nobody else was going to do it. Nobody else was going to talk bad to me or hurt me or talk bad about me. That just was not going to happen. I was secure in that sense with him. He was going to protect me from everybody else. Candy twenty-something white woman, North Carolina” (Hattery, 2009). This quote is taken from a woman who was abused by her husband, which is known as intimate partner violence. It is also known as spousal abuse or domestic violence. Intimate partner abuse/violence is when a person in a relationship, whether married, sexually intimate, or cohabiting, and is being abused or

Remember emotional abuse is rarely your fault. In fact, your partner may be attempting to

Domestic violence is abusing a person or persons mentally or physically either in public or at home. Emotional abuse is the mental attack of negative comments that is meant to bring a person or group of people to their lowest. A few examples of emotional abuse are:

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.

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior or coercive control in any relationship that is used by one person to gain or maintain power and control over another. (Violence). Most of society’s think domestic violence is when one of the spouses is abusing the other spouse. Domestic violence can occur between anyone who has lived together at one point of time; couples who have never lived together, but have a child together and family member who has live together in the same household. Domestic violence can happen to anyone, regardless of their class, religion, ethnic background, education, age, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, gender presentation, or immigration status. The domestic violence can place in different categories, such as; emotional abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse and financial abuse. Researcher had discovered tactics that the abusers use to control their victims such as; dominance, humiliation, isolation, threats, intimidation, denial and shifting blame. (Helpguide.org).

I was dispatched to a domestic violence assault in progress. I was the primary officer for this call with an additional five officers responding. While en-route to the call information was being relayed over the air about whom the suspect was. The suspect was known to be dangerous to law enforcement with gang relation who had just been released from prison a week prior. Once on scene I made contact with the reporting party. The reporting party explained the primary victim was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. The reporting party explained that the primary victim was staying at there home because her ex-boyfriend and her had a no contact order due to prior domestic violence incidents. The victim was sleeping when the victim’s ex-boyfriend showed

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In my family, there is a generational theme of emotional/ verbal abuse coming from the male to the female. It also works in a way that the female typically ends up apologizing. This has shown itself in my brother’s relationship with his girlfriend. He cannot control his anger, much alike to my father, and says things that he knows will hurt her, and most of the time are not true. I believe I observed this behavior from my parents and through these observations, I was led into an abusive relationship without realizing it. On the other hand, I believe my brother observed how my father had so much power over my mother, so when he does not get his way he is not afraid to hurt the person he “loves”, comparable to my father.