Introduction
The purpose of the film “Sin by Silence” is to show the effects domestic violence has on women. Its main focus is helping educate everyone about the dangers of domestic violence, hoping to find more ways to protect and help women of domestic violence. Today women who are experiencing domestic violence might watch this film and seek help because of the stories of these women and their motivation for others get help. Also today there are many abuse shelters and mandatory arrest laws put in place because of domestic violence, many things like this were not around when the women in the film were experiencing their abuse.
Characters
In the Pollock’s reading a violent woman is described as being worse criminal to their male counterparts, such as viewing women criminals as serial killers, gang-girls, or monsters (Pollock, 2014, p.14-15). Todays media views female criminals in a similar light making them seem more dangerous than men criminals. Todays media also takes race and class into consideration when talking about criminals. In an article it states that both female and male African-Americans make up the majority of the prison population, attaching a stigma to them. However only one woman in the film was an African-American, LaVelma, she has …show more content…
Their crime was a way out of their abusive relationship. Their pathways to crime all relate around domestic violence. Some women, Dyer and Marchetti, have a history of experiencing childhood victimization, which is a perdomaint factor in a pathway to crime (Pollock, 2014, p. ). However, for majority, if not all, of their causes for offtending relates back to domestic violence. One article states that the culmination of ongoing violence in the relationship is usually the result of an inmate partner murder (CITE). These women resulted in killing their partner as a result from the abuse they recivied, they felt like it was their only way
The purpose of the film “Sin by Silence” is to show the effects domestic violence has on women. Its main focus is helping educate everyone about the dangers of domestic violence, hoping to find more ways to protect and help women of domestic violence. Today women who are experiencing domestic violence might watch this film and seek help because of the stories of these women and their motivation for others get help. Also today there are many abuse shelters and mandatory arrest laws put in place because of domestic violence, many things like this were not around when the women in the film were experiencing their abuse.
Characters
In the Pollock’s reading a violent woman is described as being worse criminal to their male counterparts, such as viewing women criminals as serial killers, gang-girls, or monsters (Pollock, 2014, p.14-15). Todays media views female criminals in a similar light making them seem more dangerous than men criminals. Todays media also takes race and class into consideration when talking about criminals. In an article it states that both female and male African-Americans make up the majority of the prison population, attaching a stigma to them. However only one woman in the film was an African-American, LaVelma, she has …show more content…
Their crime was a way out of their abusive relationship. Their pathways to crime all relate around domestic violence. Some women, Dyer and Marchetti, have a history of experiencing childhood victimization, which is a perdomaint factor in a pathway to crime (Pollock, 2014, p. ). However, for majority, if not all, of their causes for offtending relates back to domestic violence. One article states that the culmination of ongoing violence in the relationship is usually the result of an inmate partner murder (CITE). These women resulted in killing their partner as a result from the abuse they recivied, they felt like it was their only way