The Epidemic Of Family Violence

Violence affects a healthy family’s relationship, state of mind and well-being, in other words, it’s normal functions. Because of violence, children are forced to endure and cope with mental, physical and emotional trauma leading to a display of impacts on health, development, and wellbeing. The effects build up over time and can impact on every aspect of their life.  How many children and innocent lives must suffer from something unnecessary? Imagine walking into a home late at night to find a child hiding in a corner, with a bloody face and cuts all around their body saying they were self-inflicted or making up other silly excuses like falling down the stairs out of extreme fear. Up to 75% of all acts of domestic violence occurs between the ages 18-24. No child should ever see domestic violence as normal because the moment that happens a future perpetrator has been born. We need to take a stand and refuse to let domestic violence become something we ignore.

Domestic violence is skyrocketing in our society. In the U.S., as many as 1.5 million women and 850,000 men were physically assaulted by their intimate partner last year, and numerous children abused by their parents. These sad criminal acts will continue to grow in our society, unless our community takes action to stop these crimes.

Ai Describe in your own words what is meant by the following types of abuse:

Ai Describe in your own words what is meant by the following types of abuse:

And abuser - ignorance, lack of training, abused person becomes the abuser, abuse of power, greed, frustration, stress

The abuse is usually frequent enough that the victim internalizes it. This leaves the victim feeling fearful, insignificant, untrusting, emotionally needy, and unlovable. Survivors of this form of abuse have a hard time understanding why they feel so bad (Munro, K. 2001.).

Domestic violence in recent years has become a national issue of epidemic proportions (Whiting, 2014). The current Australian Government campaign against domestic violence clearly states that domestic violence is a crime (Douglas, 2008). However, a debate continues over the value of applying criminal law in this field. This article investigates the current operation of family law in Queensland in the domestic violence sphere and explores the advantages and disadvantages of applying criminal law to this area. Areas of investigation include, the effectiveness of current law, current issues relating to domestic violence, relevant stakeholders and perspectives and alternatives and recommendations relating to the current situation. The analysis

There is a preconceived notion that all families are a “great big happy family”, unfortunately this is entirely false for a hand full of families; not all families are filled with love and joy, a few possess a very dark side (Sev’er, 2014, pp. 273). This dark side is the violence that occurs within the family, whether it be child abuse or domestic violence. Domestic violence is defined as violent or aggressive behaviour within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner (Oxford Dictionary). Although there are instances where women are violent, Kimmel and Holler (2011) state “most family violence is perpetrated by males - husbands beating wives, fathers hitting children, sons hitting their parent, boys hitting

Violence is a common issue not only in The United States, but all around the world. There are many forms of violence such as domestic violence, sexual assault and rape, and murders. About every twenty seconds a person becomes the victim of domestic abuse ( Domestic Violence n.d.). One and six women are victims of sexual assault or rape ( Thinking of Ways to Help?, n.d.). This is an issue typically not addressed or prevented. There are ways people can be taught to help prevent domestic violence, sexual assault, and even possibly murder from a family member.

The abusers are often known to have very low self-esteem and not take any responsibility for their behaviors; in most scenarios the abusers blame the victims for causing the violence. Abusers

Throughout the past three years, I have noticed that the violence among intimates have increased dramatically. This year has made me realize that no one is safe, anyone of us can be sexually assaulted by a loved one or even a stranger. Many of the sexual assaults on campus are by male acquaintances, but I am sure there are males that have been violated, as well. According to Seccombe (2015), "Many individuals use intimidation to make their victims afraid by using looks, actions, and gestures" (p.336). Although, we may not think that the abusers can make us scared just by facial expressions, it can happen. So, therefore, I believe the "violence among intimates" will continue to increase over the next few years.

With that said, domestic violence is between family members or intimate partners. This can include physical abuse, sexual assault, or the fear of physical harm. All types of domestic violence need to be reported immediately. The effects of domestic violence go further than what the eye can see.

The theory that best connects with the issue of family violence is systems theory. This theory entails that the “family as a system is thought to be best understood through the recognition that family members (as the parts of the system) interact with one another in such a manner that, over time, these interactions become patterned behavior” (Sutphin, McDonough, Schrenkel, 2013) Every family member that is within this family are characterized as subsystems. The main sub-systems are parent-parent, parent-child, and child-child. In most cases, what happens in the parent-parent relationship impacts both the parent-child relationship and the child-child relationship. A type of violence that can occur between the parent and parent relationship

Abuse is an outcome of the unconscious mind and it is also because of a disintegration of personality. Stephen Chbosky’s novel The Perks

One of the greatest challenges for both law enforcement and social welfare agencies is trying to understand the complexities of family and interpersonal violence. The issue becomes even more challenging in settings where poverty prevails, since it is often the case that agencies try extra vigilantly to address significant criminality in these areas. Anytown's departmental intervention policy on removing children from a home where there are active incidents of abuse is an effort to essentially impose a "zero tolerance" framework that seeks a single answer to these concerns. It is a policy based on social learning theory that assumes that one can easily remove children from parents or guardians who are modeling inappropriate behavior and then force those adults to learn better alternatives. In exchange for doing this, the welfare agencies then agree to return the children to the home setting, which is presumably less likely to be an environment where poor modeling happens.