Indivudals: A Psychological Analysis Of Domestic Violence

‘Abuse usually starts gradually and gets worse over time’ (Haley et al, 2010, p.15). Many victims and survivors, unfortunately do not always detect the abuse straight away. Looking at only one side of domestic abuse is offensive, as there is not just one perspective of domestic abuse. The reality is, people are still suffering from domestic abuse, inflicted by their inmate partners within today’s society. Domestic violence and abuse is a serious crime, which needs to be addressed. In the city of London, innocent and vulnerable indivudals are being abused at the hands of their initmate partners. There are many abrivations used around domestic abuse. IPV represents Inimate Partner Violence and is used when talking about violence within intimate couples. However, this diseration will not only focus on the violence which occurs between two intmate partners. Therefore the term ‘Domestic Abuse’, will be used throughout this project. As it only represents not only violence, but also emotional, finanical, social and pychological abuse.
Why domestic abuse? …show more content…
I have seen what domestic abuse can do to both female and male survivors. However, not everyone who has been domestically abused survives, some people do lose their lives, due to their partners. For that reason, I have decided to compare and discuss the experiences of female and male survivors of domestic abuse. In the hopes of not only, creating more awareness of the serious abuse, in which people who being domestically abuse experience. But also, minimalising the number of unreported incidents of domestic abuse in