...Assess the strengths and weaknesses of using statistics to investigate the real rate of domestic violence. As stated in the item domestic violence has accounted for 14% of violent incidents as measured on the main British Crime Survey, from this we can question if using statistics to investigate domestic violence is a valid method, as interpretivists reject the positivist claim that statistics are objective facts. And when creating statistics, other positivist methods are usually used such as self-report studies, questionnaires etc. Therefore victims of domestic violence may be vulnerable and feel too uncomfortable to admit to being a victim of domestic violence, this is an ethical issue that researchers must consider and take into account that there may be problematic nature of the evidence as victims report nearly all vehicle thefts but only a minority of domestic abuse cases. An alternative method to using statistics could be a more interpretivist method such as an unstructured interview so the researcher can build a rapport with the victim and they may feel comfortable to express their experiences and vulnerability therefore can be taken into account and not invaded. Additionally the offender will not want to admit to committing a domestic violent act as it is frowned upon and shameful, also they would not want to risk getting into trouble. However only the state has the resources to conduct large-scale surveys costing millions of pounds, such as the British Crime Survey...
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...Justin Robinson November 8, 2015 Domestic Violence is a major problem all around the world not just the United States, when people think of domestic violence many think it is 100% men against women physically, but there are many different types of domestic violence, and it’s not always men physically abusing women. This source gives mainly statistics which is helpful to create a baseline of how much violence goes on against spouses along with children and gives substantial information regarding the subject. http://domesticviolencestatistics.org/domestic-violence-statistics/ Like I mentioned above when people think about domestic violence many people think it is always men abusing women, it’s not always the case however. Men get abused almost just as much as women, sometimes physical and more than likely emotional. Many men are sometimes mentally overpowered by women who are controlling ie:money, what the man can do, demanding monetary objects etc., which is mainly what I believe this source touches on pretty heavily. Bhandari, S.. (2010). UNDERSTANDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A Primer. In F. S. Danis, L. L. Lockhart, & F. S. Danis (Eds.), Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice (pp. 29–66). Columbia University Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/lock14026.7 Domestic violence can be a touchy subject, on a personal note, my unit just completed a class on domestic violence and every weekend we get a “safety brief”...
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...11/21/2012 The Balance of Power and Domestic Violence Domestic Violence is hard to talk about. Neither the perpetrators nor the victims are likely to be forthcoming with the details. Domestic abuse and violence incidents are extremely traumatic and leave emotional and physical scars that last a lifetime. It is transferred generation to generation by association. Sexual abuse in the household is a form of violence; this is along the same vein as the fact that rape is considered a violent crime. There is a large amount of evidence that suggests that domestic violence and abuse have strong correlations to poverty and power. The violence is widespread and affects far more Americans than you might imagine, or want to… One of the websites I visited looking for information belonged to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. They give a working definition for Domestic violence which is: “Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior perpetrated by an intimate partner against another”. This definition can aid us in our understanding of what exactly Domestic violence is. There is some additional information that I gathered from their website that provides insights into the problem of domestic violence. One such statistic is that “most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police”. I intentionally put this statistic first because it affects every ever statistic to come. One must realize that...
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...Facts on Domestic Violence Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined. ("Violence Against Women, A Majority Staff Report," Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 102nd Congress, October 1992, p.3.) There are 1,500 shelters for battered women in the United States. There are 3,800 animal shelters. (Schneider, 1990). Three to four million women in the United States are beaten in their homes each year by their husbands, ex-husbands, or male lovers. ("Women and Violence," Hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, August 29 and December 11, 1990, Senate Hearing 101-939, pt. 1, p. 12.) One woman is beaten by her husband or partner every 15 seconds in the United States. (Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1991). One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. (Tjaden, Patricia & Thoennes, Nancy. National Institute of Justice and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, “Extent, Nature and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey,” 2000; Sara Glazer, "Violence, Against Women" CO Researcher, Congressional Quarterly, Inc., Volume 3, Number 8, February, 1993, p. 171; The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The National Institute of Justice, Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence, July...
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...Statistics about domestic violence Incidence and prevalence of domestic violence: General There are no reliable national data on the general incidence of domestic violence in the UK1. In 2011/12, 7.3% women (1.2 million) and 5% men (800,000) report having experienced domestic abuse2. 31% women and 18% men have experienced domestic abuse since the age of 16 years. This amounts to 5 million women and 2.9 million men3. Domestic violence has repeatedly been identified as a major factor leading to death in or related to pregnancy and childbirth: see below. In 2011/12, the police reported nearly 800,000 incidents of domestic violence4. Domestic violence accounts for 10% of emergency calls5. Domestic violence has consistently accounted for between 16% and one quarter of all recorded violent crime6. There has been a 65% increase in number of domestic violence prosecutions between 2005/6 and 2010/11 and a corresponding 99% increase in number of defendents convicted7. Despite this, domestic violence conviction rates in the five years to 2011 stood at just 6.5% of incidents reported to police – though a much higher proportion of around 70% of those charged8. Women are much more likely than men to be the victim of multiple incidents of abuse, of different types of domestic abuse (partner abuse, family abuse, sexual assault and stalking) and in particular of sexual violence9. Hester, 2008. Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2013. 3 This is a smaller proportion...
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...DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: AN OVERVIEW WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? What is domestic violence, and why does it persist? Domestic violence, partner abuse, battering, family violence, and wife beating refer to abuse committed by one adult against another with whom the abuser has or has had an intimate or romantic relationship. Most domestic violence is committed by men against women. According to the Department of Justice, women are victims of domestic violence eleven times more often then men. Although, some sources suggest that women use violence against males as frequently as men do against female partner, most evidence shows that the violence inflicted by men is much more severe. Domestic violence includes physical, sexual, and emotional acts of violence and abuse. Physical abuse usually involves the intent of causing harm or injury to the victim. It can take the form of slapping, punching, throwing the victim down or into the walls and objects, tripping, biting, kicking, or twisting arms and legs. It may involve life-threatening behavior such as choking, stabbing, burning, attempting to drown, or shooting with a gun. Abuse may also refer to withholding necessary items, or to physical restraint such as locking the victim in a home or closet, handcuffing, or tying up a person. Sexual abuse includes genital mutilation and marital rape. Psychological and verbal abuse is usually present along with physical or sexual abuse. It can involves behavior such as constant...
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...The word “domestic” is defined by Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as “of, relating to the household or the family”. When relating to something that has to do with an individual’s household or family, we consider this to be a personal or private matter. The word “violence” is defined as “exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse”. When relating to violence it is something public. However, when used together “Domestic Violence” is something that people are not willing to talk about because it is considered a “private matter”. C.T. Bowen’s article “Silence is not answer to Domestic Violence” in the Tampa Bay Times offers some insight to this issue. Bowen’s article targets Pasco County commissioner that finds himself accused with domestic battery despite his effort 12 years earlier to donate a quarter million dollars to Sunrise, a domestic violence agency to acquire a building. Bowen details the events that led to the commissioner’s wife to get a no-contact order and also an apology by the commissioner. The commissioners’ decision to label the incident a “personal and private matter” and his failure to “accept specific responsibilities for his actions…” is what prompted this article. To gain some creditability that silence is an issue, Bowen provides shocking statistics provided by Sunrise regarding domestic violence homicides. While the case with the commissioner wasn’t a homicide, Bowen’s use of that particular statistic was very intentional. The statistics reveal that...
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...health situations for men is domestic violence against men. Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship where one partner gains or maintains power and control over another intimate partner The Department of Justice (2016). Despite the common belief that domestic violence only involves a physical altercation, it occurs in many different states of abuse including sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. Intimate partner violence, for example includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate,...
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...Domestic Violence Overview The Women’s Aid Federation (2008) defines domestic violence as: ‘physical, psychological, sexual or financial violence that takes place within an intimate or family-type relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. It may involve partners, ex-partners, household members or other relatives.’ A common view of domestic violence is that it is the behaviour of a few disturbed or ‘sick’ individuals, and that its causes are psychological rather than social. However, sociologists have challenged this view. * Domestic violence is far too widespread to be simply the work of a few individuals. According to the British Crime Survey (2007), domestic violence accounts for almost a sixth of all violent crime. Catriona Mirrlees-Black’s (1999) survey of 16,000 people estimates that there are 6.6 million domestic assaults a year, about half involving physical injury. * Domestic violence does not occur randomly, but follows particular social patterns and these patterns have social causes. The most striking of these patterns is that it is mainly violence by men against women. For example, Kathryn Coleman et al (2007) found that women were more likely than men to have experience ‘intimate violence’ across all four types of abuse – partner abuse, family abuse, sexual abuse and stalking. Similarly, Mirrlees-Black found that: * Most Victims are women * 99% of all incidents against women are committed by men * Nearly 1...
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...WORKPLACE VIOLENCE: Criminology-CJ102-D04 December 3, 2003 THESIS: WORKPLACE AS IT RELATES TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE I INTRODUCTION: • Crime and violence • Workplace violence a major concern • The three entities involved II STATISTICS • The Bureau of Justice Statistics • Statistics from 1992 to 1996 • National Crime Victimization Survey and The Bureau of Labor Statistic III WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE • Responsibility of Law Enforcement • The impact and ramification • The direction of Law Enforcement IV WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A CORRECTIONAL ISSUE • Correctional facilities a breathing ground for violence • Domestic violence to workplace violence • Introduction of a new program V WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A PRIVATE SECURITY ISSUE • The direction of Professional security • The scope of Professional security • The challenge of Professional security INTRODUCTION Initially, when we consider crime and violence the average American may envision or think of the inner city streets, area populated by “lower class status”, and poor neighborhoods. They may even think of sub cultural conflict, or conflict overseas. Then when asked what causes violence, the average American may consider poverty, racial disparity, ineffective families, substance abuse, and the list goes on. In most cases the average American maybe right, in their estimate of crime and violence. However, we tend to avoid or exclude the issue of crime and violence in the workplace...
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...head: The Face of Domestic Violence The Face of Domestic Violence Erick M. Candamo Mr. Andrew Diaz, ADM100 October 2nd, 2013 Every 9 seconds in the United States a woman is assaulted or beaten, this might be shocking statistic but this issue is more common than people think. The article I read is about Amanda White and her struggles as a victim of domestic violence. Her story is about how everything began the signs of domestic violence as well as the end of it. This is a woman that could have been your sister, your friend, your aunt, your mother; she met someone that will be bringing hell soon enough. Some of the important factors in this story are how the abuser Dietrich White had showed signs of early domestic abuse but due to lack of awareness from Amanda, she did not see it. Another important factor Amanda uses to illustrate the purpose is by explaining how she was on denial of the real issue and the pain she had gone under just to make the relationship work, this is a very common sign of the victim. Another factor was how Amanda was able to succeed after all the pain she and her kids had gone through, this lets the audience and other people in similar situations that there is a way to get out of it and be somebody. I think the article relates to chapter 2 in our textbook when it comes to Crimes against women because domestic violence is a crime and even though is not just against woman, the majority are against woman. Domestic violence is present in almost...
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...Domestic violence is an act of battery or psychological harm that is done by one individual to another, often acted with the intention to gain authority and dominate the other causing them to apprehend fear. As Goodmark, L. (2012, p.1) explains, historically domestic violence was treated as a private affair, an extension of the husband’s right to control the behaviour of his wife, to be handled within the confines of the home. However, domestic violence is no longer viewed as a private matter, it is now a public matter that has attracted the attention of the law, arising many social services and ease of access to help. Domestic violence has become a major issue in society that has gained a great deal of public support, resulting enhanced progress in action against the crime. A reflection of the support behind the...
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...Table of Contents | Executive Summary………………………………………………………iv | Introduction……………………………………………………………….1 Problem and Scope……………………………..1 Procedures………………….………………….2 Findings……………………………………………………………………3 Violence against women in Lebanon………….3 Education Statistics in Lebanon…………..…...4 Research Analysis…………………………………………………………6 Intervention…………………………………..12 Personal Beliefs……………………...……….12 Executive Summary The purpose of this report was to raise awareness about abused women in Lebanon and try to promote their rights. Research for this report included true based stories from reality shows and social media, furthermore, literature on web-based tuitions and interview with a professional social worker who deals with abused women. This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective of women abuse concentrating in South of Lebanon. Other calculations include rates of numbers of women being abused including statistics of women educated in Lebanon. We also found two reality shows where men clarify why women are allowed to be abused and that it is the right thing to do in certain situations. Furthermore, we inserted KAFAA’s point of view on this matter including what type of situations they dealt with. Also, we have a valid report on the behaviors of the victim and the abuser by a Dr. from psychology department. The interview reveals reasons to why women are abused and how should they react to it. The report finds...
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...Domestic Violence and Me Jessica Snavely ENG 101-4 – English Composition 1 Colorado State University – Global Campus Lindsay McManus December 30, 2015 Domestic Violence and Me Domestic Violence has seemed to be a rapidly rising problem across the United States. When domestic violence occurs between intimate partners, one partner inflicts willful intimidation, physical, emotional or sexual harm against the other partner, regardless of marital status or whether the behavior occurs in current or past relationships (ncadv.org). This deranged behavior has no discrimination, and has a long rooted past in our society. It was just recently defined as a crime in the 1970’s. Research shows that an occurrence of violence between intimate partners is committed, the man is usually the aggressor and the woman is often the victim. Does the thought of someone you think you know and love, causing you bodily or emotional harm seem unreal? It was for me, I never thought that I would ever experience such chaos in my life, but I have. I want to provide the knowledge I have from my abusive experience help other abused women. So as for the purpose of my essay, men are the aggressors and women are the victims. I was raised to be lady, the concept “If you don’t have something nice to say to someone don’t say anything at all.” Because I am and was raised to be a lady, I will respect the person that caused me so much damage, I will not tell his name I will refer to him as “my aggressor”. Aggressors...
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...The Facts on Domestic, Dating and Sexual Violence Domestic, dating and sexual violence are costly and pervasive problems in this country, causing victims, as well as witnesses and bystanders, in every community to suffer incalculable pain and loss. In addition to the lives taken and injuries suffered, partner violence shatters the sense of well-being that allows people to thrive. It also can cause health problems that last a lifetime, and diminish children’s prospects in school and in life. The United States has made progress in the last few decades in addressing this violence, resulting in welcome declines1 – but there is more work to do to implement the strategies that hold the most promise. These include teaching the next generation that violence is wrong, training more health care providers to assess patients for abuse, implementing workplace prevention and victim support programs, and making services available to all victims including immigrants and children who witness violence. Prevalence of Violence in the United States On average more than three women a day are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States. In 2005, 1,181 women were murdered by an intimate partner.2 In 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published data collected in 2005 that finds that women experience two million injuries from intimate partner violence each year.3 Nearly one in four women in the United States reports experiencing violence by a current or former...
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