Domestic Violence

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Domestic violence

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A pattern of behavior used to establish power and control over another person trough fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use of violence

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Domestic Violence Signs

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--Physical abuse such as slapping, kicking, hitting, shoving, or other physical force
--Sexual abuse including rape, sexual assault, forced prostitution, or interfering with birth control
--Emotional abuse such as shouting, name-calling, humiliation, constant criticism, or harming the victim’s relationship with her or his children
--Psychological abuse including threats to harm the victims’ family, friends, children, co-workers, or pets
Isolation, mind games, destruction or victims’ credit, property, etc
--Stalking
--Economic abuse- controlling money, with-holding money
--Interfering with school or job

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Who are the victims?

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--Anyone can be a victim regardless of your race, age, ethnic background, sex, etc.
--Children, teenagers, gay, lesbian, elderly and disable individuals are also victims
--More than 4 million women are abused physically each year
--3 million men are victims of domestic violence per year
--10 million children witness some form of domestic violence yearly
--Statistically most victims are women

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Who are the abusers?

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--Anyone can be the abuser, statistically, most abusers are men
--There is more focus on men as the offender not as a victim due to no funding for male abuse

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History of domestic violence- why it happens? Theory

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--Partner feels the need to control and dominate the other
Strain Theory- GST is applied to abusers use domestic violence as a way to cope with life, a way to deal with frustration, not succeeding.
--Differential Association (Sutherland)- domestic violence is learned through our personal or intimate groups, like parents.
--Social learning theory- violence is a learned aggressive behavior, perpetuated by the reinforcement in our society of aggressive “macho” behavior.