Impact on Canadians
Everyone in Canada is affected by family violence either direct or indirect. Six percent of the Canadian population has dealt with a current or former partner abuse in the previous five years (Stats Canada 2009). This means anyone can have a chance of being a victim of abuse throughout his or her lifespan. It is also common for people to know victims who are dealing with or have dealt with this form of violence. In order to care for these victims, Canadian resources and tax money are directed towards help to these individuals. According to a study of the Department of Justice Canada, "An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009, estimates the economic impact of one form of violence - spousal …show more content…
An article in the Social Science & Medicine discusses the variance between males and female victims, and their abusers. According to their studies, results varied depending on the source of data. When collecting data from the justice system and police, they found intimate partner violence to be higher among females. However, when analyzing results within communities, women are the same if not more likely than men to instigate one act of physical aggression towards a male counterpart in their lifespan. This demonstrates the natural tendencies females have towards violence as …show more content…
This issue is discussed in Dutton’s article on spousal abuse. He describes the situation as “traumatic bonding’ which is defined as, “essentially that the intermittency of abuse and power differential in unilateral abusive relationships would produce strong attachment in battered women like anyone else exposed to this type of reinforcement schedule (intermittent) under these conditions.” (Dutton pg. 4) This exhibits the psychological effect that accompanies physical abuse. The physical abuse a victim receives in addition to psychological abuse is irregular. In many cases, the perpetrator goes through a ‘Cycle of violence’. Although the abuser demonstrates extreme levels of violence, there are short burst of loving and apologetic stages. This reminds victims of the best portions of abusers and why they ‘fell in love’ in the beginning. This enables the re-establishment of relationships between abuser and
Everyone in Canada is affected by family violence either direct or indirect. Six percent of the Canadian population has dealt with a current or former partner abuse in the previous five years (Stats Canada 2009). This means anyone can have a chance of being a victim of abuse throughout his or her lifespan. It is also common for people to know victims who are dealing with or have dealt with this form of violence. In order to care for these victims, Canadian resources and tax money are directed towards help to these individuals. According to a study of the Department of Justice Canada, "An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009, estimates the economic impact of one form of violence - spousal …show more content…
An article in the Social Science & Medicine discusses the variance between males and female victims, and their abusers. According to their studies, results varied depending on the source of data. When collecting data from the justice system and police, they found intimate partner violence to be higher among females. However, when analyzing results within communities, women are the same if not more likely than men to instigate one act of physical aggression towards a male counterpart in their lifespan. This demonstrates the natural tendencies females have towards violence as …show more content…
This issue is discussed in Dutton’s article on spousal abuse. He describes the situation as “traumatic bonding’ which is defined as, “essentially that the intermittency of abuse and power differential in unilateral abusive relationships would produce strong attachment in battered women like anyone else exposed to this type of reinforcement schedule (intermittent) under these conditions.” (Dutton pg. 4) This exhibits the psychological effect that accompanies physical abuse. The physical abuse a victim receives in addition to psychological abuse is irregular. In many cases, the perpetrator goes through a ‘Cycle of violence’. Although the abuser demonstrates extreme levels of violence, there are short burst of loving and apologetic stages. This reminds victims of the best portions of abusers and why they ‘fell in love’ in the beginning. This enables the re-establishment of relationships between abuser and