Summary The 2010 summary report titled “National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey” focused o identify various factors promoting intimate partner violence and the effects of such occurrences to the victims. The article breaks do Continue Reading...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) involves violent acts including murder, rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault between individuals in intimate relationships such as current spouses, former spouses, current boy/girl frien Continue Reading...
What is the annual cost to the nation of IPV against females? The Web site doesn't have updated numbers on that issue, but they report that for 1995, IPV against women cost around $5.8 billion - of which $4.1 billion was racked up in "the direct co Continue Reading...
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prelude The American population is largely plagued by sexual assault and domestic violence, as women are certain victims of such heinous acts in comparison to men. Macy (2009) indicates that data shows that near Continue Reading...
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Intimate partner violence, as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC (2017) points out, has got to do with “physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse.” Continue Reading...
Womens Studies My perspective on domestic violence has certainly been influenced by some of the information I have learned while taking this course. I was fortunate enough to grow up in surroundings in which I was never exposed to this phenomenon. A Continue Reading...
Women tend not to disclose their partner's violent behavior out of fear of retaliation, embarrassment or economic dependence on the abusing partner. Pregnant women, in particular, require comprehensive healthcare and special services. Postpartum vio Continue Reading...
A sampling of 32 adult unmarried women aged 18 to 39, not currently pregnant or desiring to be and who recently engaged in sexual intercourse without the use of effective contraception. Half of them were white and half were African-American. Young a Continue Reading...
The lower she rated the importance of her ethnic identity, the higher the chances of her reporting the experience. Those who experienced mild to moderate verbal aggression or severe verbal aggression faced a higher risk of reporting the coercion tha Continue Reading...
Violence and Victims Journal: "Violence and Victims" by Springer Publishing Company Violence and Victims is a social work journal that informs "clinical decisions, legal actions and public policy" (Springer Publishing, 2011). It is a peer-reviewed Continue Reading...
Sexual Abuse-Does it exist in every culture? Sexual abuse along with violence is an issue of serious concern that go beyond factors such as social, economical, racial and regional lines. The common victims of sexual abuse are females and youth, and Continue Reading...
Indeed, this explains why it is necessary to achieve a more open discourse on the implications of violence with specific and tangible reference to women and how they are impacted. Proper psychological profiling of those with aggressive tendencies t Continue Reading...
Also, not all domestic violence cases are egregiously violent, and some may constitute forms of intimidation that are not specifically delineated in the federal statutes. In these cases, state legislatures must step in to help victims. For example, Continue Reading...
There are a variety of theoretical explanations that have been put forward to explain female abuse and violent crimes against women. These include feminist and gender theories and extend to theories of genetic pathology. However, in the criminolog Continue Reading...
gender, race, and sexual orientation? What affect does this have on us and our way of thinking? Katz argues that domestic violence is a male issue given that men tend to be the major perpetrators of this crime. However, there tends to be a reflexiv Continue Reading...
It makes the important assertion that, current health status and disease outcomes associated with disease states in individuals or populations are determined by multiple factors that are both internal and external to the individual or population. Th Continue Reading...
The only medical issues documented in this report are acute findings that potentially relate to the assault or preexisting medical factors that could influence interpretation of findings. Separate medical documentation by examiners and other involve Continue Reading...
Introduction The 113th United States Congress is among the recent meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government. The following study focuses on the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 especially on its histo Continue Reading...
Violence Against Women Social Welfare Congressional Legislation Violence against Women Act Bill # S.47 Problem Examination: The reason why this Bill/policy is essential? Why must the Mayor Pay attention? The reason why the mayor should care is bec Continue Reading...
Gender and Domestic Violence Discussions of domestic violence almost always implicate modern gender norms because of the assumption that gender norms overtly and subtly promote the idea of violence against women. First, social roles about masculinit Continue Reading...
The SAFE Act not only protects victims of domestic violence, but also helps them become effective members of the country's economy. Domestic violence also account for about fifteen percent of total crimes committed in the United States. Reports from Continue Reading...
Fact SheetPublic Health Issue: Violence Against Women in KenyaNature and Magnitude of the Problem:Violence against women is a pervasive and serious public health issue in Kenya. According to a national survey conducted in 2021, 39% of women in Kenya Continue Reading...
. Even when the child in a home where DV occurs is not physically harmed, most of the time, these children know about the violence. As a result, they may experience emotional and behavior problems (The Domestic Violence…, N.d.). A victim of D Continue Reading...
Victims of Intimate Violence: Laci Peterson and Minh Dang Domestic violence is prevalent in the modern world. In the United States, one out of four women, suffer emotional or physical violence in the arms of a close partner. There are scores of caus Continue Reading...
Domestic violence is an ongoing experience of physical, psychological, and even sexual abuse in the home that is often a method used by one adult to establish control and power over another person (Flitcraft et al., 1992). Exposure by children to mar Continue Reading...
Domestic Violence Applied research project Domestic violence is one of the most pervasive and little-understood crimes perpetuated today. The reasons that so many women remain in such abusive relationships and also why some women are finally capabl Continue Reading...
Domestic violence is a complex problem requiring a multiagency response. This response should include a range of advocacy, support, engagement with the criminal and civil justice systems and with other voluntary and statutory sector agencies. Domest Continue Reading...
Domectic Violence in the United States Domestic Violence in the United States: A Research Proposal Domestic Violence in the United States: Domestic violence is not a new phenomenon associated with modern times. It has been a common occurrence thro Continue Reading...
Notwithstanding any sociocultural differences between the study's 24,000 respondents to the contrary, the WHO researchers found that, across the board, there were consistent similarities among the effects of domestic violence on the women who parti Continue Reading...
" The author further explains that even though there are similarities between heterosexual and homosexual relationships as it pertains to reaction and the victim remaining in the relationship. Again the author explains "homophobia does not allow mai Continue Reading...
Domestic Violence Is Domestic Violence a Learned Behavior? Unfortunately, domestic violence is a learned behavior. There are many forms of domestic violence and/or abuse: Physical, Sexual, Ritualistic, Verbal, Emotional, Religious, Silent, Elder, E Continue Reading...
21). Source 3 Sternberg et al. (1993) is a secondary research source that described the effects of domestic violence on children's behavior. This source of information on the topic of domestic abuse is more expansive than the previous two sources d Continue Reading...
Komisi Nasional Anti-Kekerasan Terhadap Perempuan - KNAKTP National Commission on Violence Against Women addresses policy reform at the national level, which may or may not prove to be effective in Cambodia, depending on officials leading governmen Continue Reading...
Domestic Violence and Effects on Children In the western culture, childhood is referred to as the period of special protection and rights. When a child is brought up in a safe and nurturing environment their development is expected to unfold.When a Continue Reading...
Domestic violence is often overlooked or simplified. People assume children who become exposed to domestic violence only exhibit negative symptoms. Just a couple of decades ago, few had any idea of the impact domestic violence had and continues to ha Continue Reading...
Matters appear to be even worse for those who are in need for protection and shelter as a consequence of psychological or physical abuse at home since statistics also indicate that the percentages of those who are denied shelter are slightly increas Continue Reading...
In light of the evidence in this literature review then it is of great import that monitoring of the health of pregnant women is vital in reference to LBW infants not only in the sense of present terms but as well to lifelong health considerations f Continue Reading...
