topics facing criminal justices professional today is violence against women. According to the National Institute of Justice‚ about 1.3 million women are physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year. And stalking is more common than previously thought. One needs to improve the effectiveness of the criminal justice system’s response to these crimes. There needs to be better guidelines in place to assure this number decline. Domestic violence is one of those gender related violations that has
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Essay Question: Should restorative justice be used in cases of Domestic Violence? A comparative analysis of the effects of domestic violence on female victims and child witnesses. Introduction: Domestic violence is a widely discussed topic in society with its effects far-reaching and destructive. However‚ since it is a crime that generally goes underreported in crime statistics various means of research have allowed us an understanding of this crime and its effects on the individual as well as
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the law in protecting victims of domestic violence The Australian Law Reform Commission stated that assault occurring in the home is not a private matter but one that is of concern for the community as a whole. According to Section 11 of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW)‚ domestic violence is a “personal violence committed against someone with whom the offender has‚ or has had‚ a domestic relationship with”. Further‚ the act does not stipulate
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Domestic violence Domestic violence is a phenomenon which involves violence‚ or other abuse by one person against relative. According to an article that was published in March 1998 in the NYT magazine there are two types of abusive men – pit bulls and cobras. In this essay I will describe the similarities and the differences between cobras and pit bulls. Both pit bulls and cobras had suffered from a traumatic childhood. Pit bulls probably had fathers who battered their mothers and cobras suffered
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reveal that states with gun violence laws that aren’t robust with higher rates of gun ownership possess the highest overall gun death rate in the nation. Simultaneously‚ states with the lowest overall gun death rates have lower rates on gun ownership and strong gun violence prevention laws. It is vital that states adopt stricter gun violence laws because they will decrease fatalities‚ reduce school shootings‚ and prevent accidents. As a matter of fact‚ tougher gun laws will help decrease fatalities
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A daughter witnesses domestic abuse in her family‚ which escalated to the death of her mother‚ and the suicide of her father. So she pleads with others in domestic violence situations to escape before it is too late. What effect does witnessing domestic violence have on secondary victims‚ such as the children who live in homes where partner abuse occurs? Although‚ the awareness about the rate of domestic violence in our society is increasing‚ the majority of the medical literature to date has
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question can mean many different things‚ but for this essay it means domestic violence against men. According to WebMd domestic violence is “Abuse that happens in a personal relationship” (WebMD‚ 2014). Abuse can be verbal and/or physical. Domestic violence can affect anyone! women‚ men‚ gays‚ straights. In this society people are used to thinking that domestic violence only happens to women. Men‚ too are victims of domestic violence. If we take men as seriously as we take women in any situation‚ then
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Annotated Bibliography: Domestic Violence and its effects on Children Groves‚ B.M. (1999). Mental Health Services for Children Who Witness Domestic Violence. The Future of Children‚ 9(3)‚ 122-132. This article provides a good introduction for practitioners working with children who witness family violence. The article summarizes the effects domestic violence can have on children such as; aggressiveness‚ depression‚ anxiety‚ learning disabilities‚ and sleep deprivation. The author stresses
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this was not the first case of domestic violence for many young people it brought to light a long standing epidemic. People began choosing sides and making excuses and the incident was fodder for many debates. Domestic violence affects not only the person suffering abuse‚ but others as well. Just like most crimes‚ domestic violence causes a chain reaction that branches into the area of finance‚ family‚and a host of other areas as well. Every 9 seconds domestic violence affects a woman in America. However
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Domestic Violence & Abuse Domestic violence and abuse is an undeniable issue in this day and age which all people know to be wrong. Domestic abuse can take various forms from direct violence to psychological damage‚ but in all instances is wrong. The term Domestic defines this type of abuse as spousal or abuse within a relationship between one or both of the partners included. Commonly‚ domestic violence can be excused or denied by the victim in light of fear or shame. Domestic violence escalates
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