Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is described a psychological, emotional, sexual or physical harm to a person by their spouse or former partner (Breiding et al, 2015). National reports have revealed that about one in three women experience IPV (Sharron et al, 2015). Intimate partner violence is a growing epidemic in the United States. However, recent studies have focused on rural regions, such as Appalachia.

Intimate partner abuse describes physical, sexual, and psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse (Fanslow, McMahon, Saltzman, & Shelley, 2002). Healthy people 2020 recognizes physical violence among intimate partners as a topic that should be addressed concerning injury and violence prevention in the United States (Healthy People 2020, 2014). Intimate Partner Abuse is an issue that often affects entire families, not just the person that is being abused. Several historical studies attempt to make a connection between intimate partner abuse and homeless. Browne 's research showed that 50 percent of the homeless women interviewed were the victims of abuse

Domestic violence exists everywhere and affects all people regardless of socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, sex, ethnicity, or religion. Most times physical violence is accompanied by emotional abuse and controlling behaviors. The result of domestic violence includes physical injury, psychological issues, and death. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) occurs in 1 of 4 women in the United States and can be correlated with a loss of emotional, social, physical and mental health. Intimate Partner Violence is an issue that does not receive a lot of recognition and is overlooked majority of the time. There is a lot of information on women in intimate partner violence relationships that explains how it affects women physically, mentally, and socially.

Violence against women is a substantial public health problem in the United States. According to data from the criminal justice system, hospital, and medical records, mental health records, social services, and surveys, thousands of women are injured or killed each year as a result of violence, many by someone they are involved with or were involved with intimately. Nearly one-third of female homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner (Federal Bureau of Investigation 2001). Throughout this, many will read about intimate partner violence also called

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.

Further, the NISVS and NCDSV states that lifetime and one-year estimates for IPV are extremely high for adults and more than 12 million people are affected each year; and more often than not, women experience high rates of severe IPV, resulting in long-term chronic disease, other negative health impacts, or psychiatric disorders. As such, object relations theory may provide insights as to why some people engage in interpersonal violence and others do not.

What is Intimate Partner Violence? If one has not lived through it, the meaning is unknown. When we hear the term, we tend to picture a woman covered in bruises. In reality, the damage is much worse. There is many long term effects that run deeper than the physical injuries (Giardino, 2010). Victims experience shame, isolation, detrimental physical and mental health consequences and financial stressor. This also causes dramatic effects on the families of the victims. This violence also affects the children who may be at an increased risk of physical abuse. Children who live through IPV suffer through the trauma of witnessing the violence and having feelings of fear, guilt, and shame.

“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.

Most violence toward women is from a male partner, which this also affects their children. Public health has been trying to find the cause of violence on women from a male partner, which has a bad consequence for them. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most common violence toward women. On national and international levels low levels of education and income correlate to domestic violence, and it has been indicated to be transmitted across generation. In European countries a widespread rate of family violence, they came from low economic living conditions, traditional gender attitudes against women, strict parenting, and general tolerance of violent behavior. Depending on how one person can deal with violent behavior will influence their

The purpose of this paper is to document the phenomenon of intimate partner violence (IPV) through empirical research. It includes sources of data and statistics from the official government agencies of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey of 2011, and the National Incident Based Reporting System. In addition, it addresses the social distribution of the phenomena across time and space by the national, state, and rural/urban locations as well as its distribution across social groups including sex, race and age.

Most studies on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) have focused specifically on its physical, psychological and sexual manifestations. Economic abuse is highly correlated with the mainstream forms of violence and it is seen as another commonly tactic used by an abuser. Although the role of financial issues and economic circumstances constitute a crucial dimension in women’s experiences of IPV, it is receiving lesser empirical attention when compared to the other forms of violence. The study seeks to present an integrative account of existing literature regarding the issues of economic abuse and describe its influence on quality of life on victims, with the objective of discussing the methodological and conceptual differences between studies

Today’s society contains an overwhelming amount of people “stuck” in abusive relationships. Why don’t they just pack up and leave one might wonder? Is this because they want to believe that people can change? It is a very disturbing issue, when the person that you are in “Love” with is the person inflicting so much pain on you. An outsider looking in a on a relationship of this sort will question why women that are victims of Intimate Partner Violence simply do not leave their relationships?

This study combines phenomenology and minority stress theory to examine the lived experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among lesbian women in Columbia, South Carolina. Using qualitative methods, including genograms and semi-structured interviews, the research explores the commonalities among participants in relation to their experiences with intimate partner violence and contextualizes and analyzes such experiences, describing patterns and themes of violence, obstacles to seeking help, and interactions with mental health professionals. The author believes that via genograms, the true extent of violence within family systems can be made known. By shedding more light on the human experience of lesbian intimate partner violence, the

The intimate partner violence is one of the most common ways for abusing the rights of a common person and these forms are normally physical, sexual, mental and emotional harassments. Intimate partner violence happens in all settings and among all financial, religious and social gatherings. The staggering worldwide weight of intimate partner violence is borne by ladies and female groups. This intimate partner violence are categorized based of kinds of behavior that accuse or victimize, such as beating, kicking and slapping, hitting are the acts of physical

Upon hearing domestic violence, the image that is immediately thought of is a man physically beating his wife. This image is created by the way domestic abuse is portrayed in the media, movies, and novels; however, there are many types of domestic abuse that are just as damaging, if not more, as physical violence. Physical violence entails but is not limited to hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, burning, strangulation, damaging personal property, refusing medical care and/or controlling medication, coercing a partner into substance abuse, and use of weapons ( “Types of Abuse”, 2018). These are the most common forms associated with domestic abuse as they are the actual physical signs and