Part One: Problem Analysis
Blanca Avila, Raleigh Barnes, Madison Berry, Jenna Brick
Texas State University
Page Break Domestic violence is "the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, threats, and emotional/psychological abuse" (NCACD, 2015). In the United States alone, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men, have been physically abused by an intimate partner, with 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men experiencing severe physical abuse (NCACD, 2015). This creates an average of 20 people being abused by their intimate partners every minute, …show more content…
C., Crowe, T. K., Kroening, C., VanLeit, B., & Good, R. (2009). Time use of women with children living in an emergency homeless shelter for survivors of domestic violence. OTJR: Occupation, Participation & Health, 29(4), 183-190. Retrieved from http://libproxy.txstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.libproxy.txstate.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105330209&site=eds-live&scope=site
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). (2017). Retrieved from http://ncadv.org/learn-more/statistics
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010 Summary Report. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, Atlanta, GA, and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pable, J. (2012). The homeless shelter family experience: Examining the influence of physical living conditions on perceptions of internal control, crowding, privacy, and related issuesdoi:10.1111/j.1939-1668.2012.01080.x
Sokoloff, N. J. (2004). Domestic Violence at the Crossroads: Violence Against Poor Women and Women of Color. Women's Studies Quarterly, 32(3-4), 139-147.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). (2017). Retrieved from
Blanca Avila, Raleigh Barnes, Madison Berry, Jenna Brick
Texas State University
Page Break Domestic violence is "the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, threats, and emotional/psychological abuse" (NCACD, 2015). In the United States alone, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men, have been physically abused by an intimate partner, with 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men experiencing severe physical abuse (NCACD, 2015). This creates an average of 20 people being abused by their intimate partners every minute, …show more content…
C., Crowe, T. K., Kroening, C., VanLeit, B., & Good, R. (2009). Time use of women with children living in an emergency homeless shelter for survivors of domestic violence. OTJR: Occupation, Participation & Health, 29(4), 183-190. Retrieved from http://libproxy.txstate.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.libproxy.txstate.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105330209&site=eds-live&scope=site
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). (2017). Retrieved from http://ncadv.org/learn-more/statistics
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010 Summary Report. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, Atlanta, GA, and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pable, J. (2012). The homeless shelter family experience: Examining the influence of physical living conditions on perceptions of internal control, crowding, privacy, and related issuesdoi:10.1111/j.1939-1668.2012.01080.x
Sokoloff, N. J. (2004). Domestic Violence at the Crossroads: Violence Against Poor Women and Women of Color. Women's Studies Quarterly, 32(3-4), 139-147.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). (2017). Retrieved from