Abstract
Domestic abuse is a world-wide issue, no one place is exempt. Hopefully some of the statistics in this report will shed some light and knowledge on some of the areas across the globe that suffer from domestic abuse. Abuse has many faces not just a man or woman being beaten by their spouse. Children and the elderly are abused, and it ranges from being physical to psychological, even financial. Abuse also comes in many forms, from neglect, abandonment to oppression. Abuse needs to be exposed and the victims helped and those guilty held accountable.
Different Cultures and Domestic Violence: Commonalities
I. American ( New Jersey) Society and Domestic violence issues
1. Rape
2. Child-Abuse
3. Elder Abuse
4. Spousal/Intimate partner abuse The crime rates in New Jersey dropped about three years ago but murder and rape continued to rise. The other area of abuse is child abuse children aged four or younger are more likely to be victims (preventchildabuse, 2013), in the New Jersey the rates for child abuse and neglect are the highest. The rates are 13.2 percent down from 16 in a one year time frame, 2009-2010, specifically Cape May County (McCabe, 2011). Elder abuse is also the highest in New Jersey rates are 17percent of the 1.6 million population of the elderly (Leone, 2011). Spousal abuse rates are also very high with numbers reaching 73,749 domestic violence offenses being reported (NCADV, 2007) with Cape May