According to statistics one in three women is a victim of domestic violence. What if the person sitting beside you is a victim of abuse? Wouldn’t you want to help them be free of that situation? Abusers who commit domestic violence want to control and threaten their partner’s safety. To protect them we need to be able to identify, to know the causes, and help them to get free of the relationship.
The abusers have one main goal, which is to control their partner. Many people think that abusers are easy to spot but they are actually the hardest to spot out.” Abusers may vary from any ethnic, socioeconomic, or educational background.”(Domestic Violence.") They are often charming, influential in public, and keeping their abuse behind closed doors. Domestic abusers often come from a background of violence. “They are often insecure, jealous, …show more content…
“Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common personal experience with physical, emotional, social, and spiritual consequences.”( Elliott, Barbara A). Women are more likely prone to being in relationships with violence. VAWA Act is a domestic violence misdemeanor .Until about ten years ago many states still had laws that required an officer to witness an assault before making an arrest. Today officers can arrest someone if they suspect they have committed a domestic assault without having to witness the event. Some signs too look out for are police have been called to the house often, their partner control everything the victim does, and the victim is very fearful of their partner. To insure people’s safety we need to help the victims develop plans for their own and child’s safety. “Women reported that they cope with their circumstances by physically separating themselves from their violent partner. “(Elliott, Barbara A) But if they go back to the relationship they are at a greater risk for escalation violence. We need to help these men, women, and children escape this
The abusers have one main goal, which is to control their partner. Many people think that abusers are easy to spot but they are actually the hardest to spot out.” Abusers may vary from any ethnic, socioeconomic, or educational background.”(Domestic Violence.") They are often charming, influential in public, and keeping their abuse behind closed doors. Domestic abusers often come from a background of violence. “They are often insecure, jealous, …show more content…
“Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common personal experience with physical, emotional, social, and spiritual consequences.”( Elliott, Barbara A). Women are more likely prone to being in relationships with violence. VAWA Act is a domestic violence misdemeanor .Until about ten years ago many states still had laws that required an officer to witness an assault before making an arrest. Today officers can arrest someone if they suspect they have committed a domestic assault without having to witness the event. Some signs too look out for are police have been called to the house often, their partner control everything the victim does, and the victim is very fearful of their partner. To insure people’s safety we need to help the victims develop plans for their own and child’s safety. “Women reported that they cope with their circumstances by physically separating themselves from their violent partner. “(Elliott, Barbara A) But if they go back to the relationship they are at a greater risk for escalation violence. We need to help these men, women, and children escape this