Does Domestic Violence Against Women: Does Location Matter?

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Summery Violence against women is abhorrent and accept in our society. Researches have shown that violence violence is social accept in some circumstances. Jayne Mooney did a survey in London and find out that violence against women was accept if the women was sexually infindelity, neglect the house or household duties. Also women usually stay in the relationship because they love their partner and believe that they will change. And if they have children women accept the violent act because the children. They leave when the perpetrator start to also abuse the children. Mooney compare the technique of neutralization by Sykes and Matza to define violence against violence. What it is more scare is that teenager are more common to support perpetrator …show more content…
According to Domestic violence, poverty and social services: does location matter?, “policy scholars have shown that the proximity of services to the target population is an important aspect service uptake because the location of social services greatly the ability of those in need to access and utilize services and programs.” (Hetling & Zhang, 1145) The authors of this research investigate if domestic violence agencies were located in areas of need in Connecticut. They found out that location doesn 't have relationship with the rates of domestic violence, even though people in poverty had higher percent of domestic violence. Victims of domestic violence don 't like to should the rest of the society what is happen inside their homes, therefore they don 't look for help. Police report show that domestic violence is one of the least reported crime. Based on domestic violence, poverty and social services: does location matter?, “Domestic violence is an underreported crime and we likely vastly undercount the extent of the issue using police data. Additionally, the data measure only physical assaults and threats and do not capture emotional or economic violence and perhaps sexual coercion as well.” (Hetling & Zhang,

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