According to the National Institute of Justice intimate partner violence is defined as any “physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former intimate partner or spouse,” although this definition doesn’t include the other ways a intimate partner might abuse their significant other, such as financially by having control over the finances and socially by isolating their partner from other contacts.
While anyone can be an abuser there are certain risk factors that are common across the board for batters and their victims; one issue is becoming a parent early “women who had children by age 21 were twice as likely to be victims of intimate partner violence as women who were not mothers at that age. Men who had fathered children by …show more content…
Financially many cannot afford to leave or seek help, since their abuser might have control over their money and also because of the violence some might be unable to work as reported by the CDC “victims of severe IPV lose nearly 8 million days of paid work-the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time jobs-and almost 5.6 million days of household productivity each year.” In regards to age those who are younger might not seek help as their knowledge concerning abusive relationships might be limited, in that retrospect they might think their relationship doesn’t ‘fit’ the domestic violence criteria. Those that do seek help does so from informal source, such a friends, “male and female victims sought informal help at similar rates (43.6 percent and 41.4 percent, respectively)” (NIJ, 2007), rather that from a professional source. Gender also presents a challenge as most resources for domestic violence are geared toward women; men suffering from abuse are often left out in the cold so to speak. There is also the risk that their plea for help might be ignored because of societal gender roles that typically place men as the stronger more in control ones, some people might not believe that a man is being abused by their partner particularly of that partner is a
While anyone can be an abuser there are certain risk factors that are common across the board for batters and their victims; one issue is becoming a parent early “women who had children by age 21 were twice as likely to be victims of intimate partner violence as women who were not mothers at that age. Men who had fathered children by …show more content…
Financially many cannot afford to leave or seek help, since their abuser might have control over their money and also because of the violence some might be unable to work as reported by the CDC “victims of severe IPV lose nearly 8 million days of paid work-the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time jobs-and almost 5.6 million days of household productivity each year.” In regards to age those who are younger might not seek help as their knowledge concerning abusive relationships might be limited, in that retrospect they might think their relationship doesn’t ‘fit’ the domestic violence criteria. Those that do seek help does so from informal source, such a friends, “male and female victims sought informal help at similar rates (43.6 percent and 41.4 percent, respectively)” (NIJ, 2007), rather that from a professional source. Gender also presents a challenge as most resources for domestic violence are geared toward women; men suffering from abuse are often left out in the cold so to speak. There is also the risk that their plea for help might be ignored because of societal gender roles that typically place men as the stronger more in control ones, some people might not believe that a man is being abused by their partner particularly of that partner is a