Goals Of Domestic Violence

Learning about domestic violence has helped me to expand my knowledge regarding this subject. Domestic violence includes grabbing, hitting, kicking, shocking, and even saying demeaning words. Domestic violence can be defined in two terms social and legal. Most of the time domestic violence refers to violence between married or couples who live together, but domestic violence can also include violence against household members, children, and relatives. Over the years the laws of domestic violence have changed, now there is more security for the victims and a rougher penalty for the offender. Domestic violence is a subject that keeps growing therefore there are more laws against violence as well as more specialized courts for domestic violence.
Domestic violence involving married couples grabbed the attention of everyone during the 1970’s. “Beginning in the 1970’s, social policy toward female victims of domestic violence assaults had focused on improving legal responses to protect women and punish offenders”. (Fagan, 1996) During the 1970’s, the law …show more content…
One of the main goals for the courts is to reduce recidivism, by reducing the numbers of domestic violence to prove effective case handling. “The multiplicity of goals of domestic violence court is a natural consequence of their disparate origins”. (Bradley, Labriola, Moore, O’Sullivan, & Rempel, 2010) There are 208 confirmed domestic violence courts across the United Stated to help victims from abusers. The court reports major findings in four domains which are domestic violence court goals, victim services and safety, offender assessments and programs, and compliance monitoring. “The number of specialized domestic violence courts is continuing to grow nationwide”. (Bradley, Labriola, Moore, O’Sullivan, & Rempel, 2010) The courts job and goal is to increase the victim’s safety, as well as the offender accountability, and preventing future