Domestic Violence In Australia Essay

The contemporary issue of domestic violence is currently very serious and increasing in Australia. It is defined as violent and emotional abusive behaviours used by one person in a relationship to control the other. Partners may be married or not married, heterosexual or gay/lesbian, living together or separated and lastly dating or broken up. Types of domestic violence include, name-calling or putdowns (neglect), keeping a partner from contacting their family or friends (social), withholding money (economical), stopping a partner from getting or keeping a job (social/economical), actual or threatened physical harm, sexual assault, stalking, intimidation and abduction. This report will focus on the increase of domestic violence towards children and female adults. Most adults and children experience or witness domestic violence in their household and the number of people who do are increasing. This can cause a ripple effect (one of the if not the most key cause to the increase of domestic violence in Australia.) …show more content…
This report will cover what factors are contributing to the increase in domestic violence on both children and adults. The impact gender stereotypes/religion/sexuality has on the increase in domestic violence because these things are not usually reported as contributing factors. Finally it will cover why it is increasing in aboriginal communities. This is because it is most prevalent in aboriginal areas and greatly contributing to the increase. The purpose of the report is to find out why the rates are increasing and therefor know what we need to do to solve this increasing social issue. It is also to educate the reader the causes of domestic violence and the causes of the increase. Finally the purpose of the report is to also educate victims of domestic violence how to combat it so they can make a