Child Abuse
Family Violence
Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviors by one person against another. Domestic violence comes in many forms and it could involve people in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation. Nobody should have to be affected by family or domestic violence, but can it be prevented? Can people who have been affected by it get help and make changes in their lives? There are many methods in which people can be retreated and helped from domestic violence.
Domestic violence is defined as emotional, physical, or sexual abuse between people of an intimate or family relationship. Emotional abuse, also referred to as mental or psychological abuse, is a form of abuse enacted by a person exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma including anxiety, chronic depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder. People in an emotionally abusive relationship may continuously criticize, name call, or shout at the other person. They may insult, drive the victim away from family and friends, humiliate them in public, manipulate them with lies and contradictions, keep them from working, control their money, and even make all their decisions. Physical abuse is an act of abuse by another person to cause feelings of physical pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Physical abuse includes pushing, shoving, biting, hitting, pulling, drowning, punching, throwing objects, locking one out of the house, abandonment, and refusal to help in physical need (Newton).
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. Unwanted physical sexual behavior could include rape, sexual assault, touching, kissing, and fondling either of a child or an adult. When someone suggests sexual statements, applies verbal sexual demands, or criticizes you sexually, it is also considered to be sexual abuse. Spousal sexual abuse, also known as marital or spousal
Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviors by one person against another. Domestic violence comes in many forms and it could involve people in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation. Nobody should have to be affected by family or domestic violence, but can it be prevented? Can people who have been affected by it get help and make changes in their lives? There are many methods in which people can be retreated and helped from domestic violence.
Domestic violence is defined as emotional, physical, or sexual abuse between people of an intimate or family relationship. Emotional abuse, also referred to as mental or psychological abuse, is a form of abuse enacted by a person exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma including anxiety, chronic depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder. People in an emotionally abusive relationship may continuously criticize, name call, or shout at the other person. They may insult, drive the victim away from family and friends, humiliate them in public, manipulate them with lies and contradictions, keep them from working, control their money, and even make all their decisions. Physical abuse is an act of abuse by another person to cause feelings of physical pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Physical abuse includes pushing, shoving, biting, hitting, pulling, drowning, punching, throwing objects, locking one out of the house, abandonment, and refusal to help in physical need (Newton).
Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. Unwanted physical sexual behavior could include rape, sexual assault, touching, kissing, and fondling either of a child or an adult. When someone suggests sexual statements, applies verbal sexual demands, or criticizes you sexually, it is also considered to be sexual abuse. Spousal sexual abuse, also known as marital or spousal
Bibliography: Violence, and Poverty Series, 17 Nov. 2004. Web. 17 May 2012 This source includes community and programmatic resources to provide responsive help to children and families affected both by domestic violence and poverty Pelzer, Dave. A Child Called “It” One Child’s Courage to Survive. Omaha: Health Communications, Inc., 1995 National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2011. Web. 17 May 2012. A surprising number of battered women lose custody of their children