Specific Population
Specific Population and the Advocate Role
June 23, 2013
Introduction “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” (Goodreads, 2013) Advocacy is about speaking up for people who cannot speak up for themselves or helping individuals speak up for themselves. An advocate is a person who is there to make sure that the best interest of the client is always kept in mind, advocate support their clients in what they need to move forward and teaching the clients what they need to know. Advocacy is about standing up for those who cannot stand up for themselves and helping those who want to stand up for themselves. In this paper I will discuss facts and my personal perspective of domestic violence. I will discuss how being an advocate for domestic violence victims will help and what can be done to help them.
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“Domestic violence occurs when a person uses physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation, stalking, emotional abuse, sexual abuse or economic abuse to control another partner in a relationship. Domestic violence can be a single act or a pattern of behavior in relationships, which encompass dating, marriage, family and roommate relationships.” (University of Michigan, 2009) Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of a person’s gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. Domestic violence can affect not just the victims but those who are exposed to domestic violence. More than 4 million women experience physical assaults and rapes because of a partner, more than 3 million men are victims of physical assaults and more than 3 million children are exposed to domestic violence in their
June 23, 2013
Introduction “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” (Goodreads, 2013) Advocacy is about speaking up for people who cannot speak up for themselves or helping individuals speak up for themselves. An advocate is a person who is there to make sure that the best interest of the client is always kept in mind, advocate support their clients in what they need to move forward and teaching the clients what they need to know. Advocacy is about standing up for those who cannot stand up for themselves and helping those who want to stand up for themselves. In this paper I will discuss facts and my personal perspective of domestic violence. I will discuss how being an advocate for domestic violence victims will help and what can be done to help them.
Specific Population …show more content…
“Domestic violence occurs when a person uses physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation, stalking, emotional abuse, sexual abuse or economic abuse to control another partner in a relationship. Domestic violence can be a single act or a pattern of behavior in relationships, which encompass dating, marriage, family and roommate relationships.” (University of Michigan, 2009) Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of a person’s gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. Domestic violence can affect not just the victims but those who are exposed to domestic violence. More than 4 million women experience physical assaults and rapes because of a partner, more than 3 million men are victims of physical assaults and more than 3 million children are exposed to domestic violence in their