Domestic Violence Course Analysis

Credentials: What does the author know about the subject? The author of this article knows what children need. In the article the author describes that child needs a safe and secure environment free of violence. They also need to feel loved and protected by both of their parents. The author also describes that children who are exposed to domestic violence may suffer arrange of lasting effects. ( UNICEF)

Module one focused on domestic violence and understanding the basics, which include the dynamics and common tactics that characterize domestic violence, impact on both the individual and society, and solutions to domestic violence. The website was easily accessible, and the information provided about the topic of domestic violence was both useful and interesting. Several statistics were given throughout the module that helped get across the seriousness of domestic violence. For example, one in four women are victims of domestic abuse within their lifetime. That statistic alone expresses how common domestic violence is within society.

Lecture module 2 states, "Domestic violence is physical, sexual, psychological or financial violence that takes place within an intimate or family-type relationship and that forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behavior. Domestic violence may include a range of abusive behaviors, not all of which are in themselves inherently ‘violent’". My definition is very similar to this definition because it hits the points of physical, sexual, and psychological violence also. Another similarity is the controlling and power behavior in a relationship within a home. Although, a difference is this definition says, "Domestic violence may include a range of abusive behaviors, not all of which are in themselves inherently 'violent'", and my first definition it was a constant factor with frequency of abuse.

Going into this course while working full time, I knew it would be difficult to keep up with the readings, assignments, and course material in general. However, the short time frame of this course kept things moving along at a pace that allowed for all the information to quickly come together. I usually sell back my textbooks after completing a course. However, this is a course where I will be keeping these books for a future read and reference. I have learned so much about sexual assault and domestic violence victims and all that affects them. I will remember these things after this course is over and especially when meeting individuals in my career in the health field.

Domestic violence is a learned behavior, which is usually witnessed in the abusers home or learned through friends and pop culture.

There are many explanations as to why domestic violence occurs. I will be discussing why I think social influence and psychology, specifically how learning theory and mental illness, cause domestic violence. I will first talk about learning theory, then mental illness, and then tie the two together to explain why they cause domestic violence. Then I will conclude with how domestic violence can be decreased.

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

A misused man will without a doubt be looked at as the abuser by virtue of his appearance.

Domestic abuse in the United States is a large-scale and complex social and health problem. The home is the most violent setting in America today (Lay, 1994). Sadly enough, the majority of people who are murdered are not likely killed by a stranger during a hold-up or similar crime but are killed by someone they know. Not surprisingly, the Center for Disease Control and prevention has identified interpersonal violence as a major public health problem (Velson-Friedrich, 1994). Current estimates suggest that three to four million women are the victims of physical abuse by their intimate partners (Harris & Cook, 1994). According to the FBI, some form of domestic violence occurs in half of the homes in the United States at least once a

Also, the building will have amenities like windows and walls where group members will be able to paint pictures in a way of expressing themselves. There will be cushioned chairs to provide comfort. The setup will also include a binder with referral information and other tools while providing writing utensils to do arts and crafts to generate their treasure box which will be the main therapeutic tool for the group. The women in the group must be willing to face their painful experiences. Adlerian therapy can be a good therapeutic intervention. According to Rosen Saltzman, Matic, & Marsden, (2013), “sexual assault victims Sexual abuse and assault are highly interpersonal and relationally based traumatic experiences with significant physiological, cognitive, and emotional consequences.”

In their evaluation of domestic violence studies and legislation, Alhabib, Nur & Jones (2010) & Ortiz-Barreda & Vives-Cases (2013), discuss the span of domestic violence across all races and socioeconomic statuses. Although domestic violence does not discriminate, it is more likely to be experienced by young women and minorities (Modi et al., 2014 & Peters et al., 2002). Native Americans, for example, are twice as likely to be victims of abuse as other races (Modi et al., 2014). Many victims of abuse try to find justification for the actions of their abusers (Alhabib et al., 2010). Women in poorer communities, however, tend to have stronger beliefs that violence is justified when used against them (Alhabib et al., 2010). Due to a lack of research

Taken together, therapy offered within domestic violence programs typically involves helping survivors, such as Anita, to recover their personal sense of power and control, and it’s also one way through which survivors learn about common emotional and behavioral responses to domestic abuse (Sullivan, Warshaw & Rivera, 2013). Thus, the general intent behind this therapy intervention is to alleviate the distress that often accompanies victimization (e.g., depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptoms, guilt, shame) and to increase Anita’s sense of self and well-being (Sullivan, Warshaw & Rivera, 2013). De Santis (n.d.), suggests that we help Anita prioritize which needs have to be dealt with immediately, and which can be temporarily left

This paper investigates the hypothesis that a women’s land ownership is related to a women’s likelihood receiving violence in Nicaragua. However, we argue, like the work pioneered by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW 2006), that it is not simply owning land, rather it is the process that develops as a result of women’s altered status within the household that has the critical bearing on their receipt of violence. Based on qualitative interviews with women landowners in Kerala and West Bengal, the ICRW (2006) proposed a model suggesting that property ownership expands women’s negotiating power and enhances their ability to address vulnerability, thereby decreasing levels of domestic violence. The hypothesis is

The media has reported increasing cases of domestic violence and aggression perpetrated by veterans of war. These disturbing results make research into the cause of the problem necessary and urgent. Could the violence soldiers are exposed to be a cause of the aggression and sometimes violence they exhibit in their intimate relationships? In many cases, veterans have difficulties in maintaining intimate relationship and their partners are confronted by violence, aggression and animosity. In extreme cases, former service personnel have murdered or seriously injured their partners. The purpose of this research is to establish whether exposure to combat and deployment to frontlines has a link to the perpetration of domestic violence by military

Another journal article focusing on differences in domestic violence in Canada and Quebec by Douglas A. Brownridge(2002) has an interesting result in relation to occurrence of domestic violence and socio-economic status and education. It compares results collected from Quebec and rest of Canada. It finds that women with higher education experienced lower violence in Quebec but women with higher education experienced higher violence in the rest of Canada. This might be because of the notion of liberal views held in Quebec by males, and therefore would feel less threatened by highly educated women. This could also be because of the man is financially dependent on the