The Reality of Domestic Violence and its Impact on Society in the 21st Century This essay will discuss in depth, the reality of domestic violence in the 21st century and the media 's representation of this issue. It will confer how the media’s input has had an impact on society and the consequences of their non-reliable data. It will speak on the various statements made by different media sources and compare them to the reliable information given by the government and other legal services. Furthermore it will discuss the statistics provided by the Crime Survey for England and Wales and what the media state they feel is the real number of offences happening across the UK concerning domestic violence. Finally it will evaluate the difference
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According to various tabloid papers, women in England and Wales do not report the violence as they lack trust in the police (Webb, 2009). This has a great impact on the community as they feel if women are too afraid to come forward and say what is happening to them than the rate of abusive relationships and abused children must be much higher than the government is stating (ONS, 2013).
The media stated they feel homicides against domestic abuse victims are on the rise. This has a hard impact on society as women who want to seek help from a charity or organisation may not feel it will be worth it if they are being fed information about deaths tolls rising against domestic abuse victims. In the graph shown above, 'Domestic Violence Homicide in England and Wales ', it is clearly shown that the number of deaths has actually decreased in the 21st Century. As suggested by Jewkes (2011), the media do give various opinions on the state of domestic violence in the UK, either it is happening more than the government is stating or it’s not happening at
According to various tabloid papers, women in England and Wales do not report the violence as they lack trust in the police (Webb, 2009). This has a great impact on the community as they feel if women are too afraid to come forward and say what is happening to them than the rate of abusive relationships and abused children must be much higher than the government is stating (ONS, 2013).
The media stated they feel homicides against domestic abuse victims are on the rise. This has a hard impact on society as women who want to seek help from a charity or organisation may not feel it will be worth it if they are being fed information about deaths tolls rising against domestic abuse victims. In the graph shown above, 'Domestic Violence Homicide in England and Wales ', it is clearly shown that the number of deaths has actually decreased in the 21st Century. As suggested by Jewkes (2011), the media do give various opinions on the state of domestic violence in the UK, either it is happening more than the government is stating or it’s not happening at