1.2 Domestic violence & abuse Flashcards
(stats) how often do police receive a domestic assistance call?
every minute
(stats) what percent of domestic incidents are actually reported to the police?
35%
(stats) according to the homicide statistics how many women are killed each week by a current or former partner?
8
(stats) the council of Europe reported how many women experience domestic violence in their lifetime?
1/4 women
(stats) in how many domestic violence cases were children also abused? (NSPCC)
50%
(stats) Walby said domestic violence costs how much a year?
5.7 billion
(radical feminism) why is domestic violence an inevitable feature of patriarchal society?
preserves power of men over women
(radical feminism) the male dominance of police and courts explains what?
reluctance to prosecute in domestic violence cases
(radical feminism) Leach - how does domestic violence occur in the modern privatised nuclear family?
members rely too much on each other
intense stress and strain becomes too much
(radical feminism) the privatised nuclear family can be compared to what?
overloaded electricity plug
too much reliance it blows
(radical feminism) criticism - functionalists would say what about the nuclear family?
it is essential to the functioning of society
(radical feminism) criticism - what are all men not?
violent many are opposed to domestic violence
(Cooper) what does the family hinder the development of?
individuality
(Cooper) family relationships form what?
love trap
(Cooper) what does this love trap prevent?
self realisation
its roles restrict development of the self
(Cooper) what does the family serve as in an exploitative society?
ideological conditioning device
(Wilkinson) domestic violence is the result of stress on family members caused by what?
inequality
(Wilkinson) which families experience more stress?
those in poor housing and on low incomes
(Wilkinson) those on low incomes have reduced chance of what? and increased chance of what therefore?
maintaining a stable relationship
increased chance of violence and conflict
(Wilkinson) criticism - what is evidence against domestic violence for those on low incomes?
exists in higher classes
(New Right) what is domestic violence a feature of?
dysfunctional families
(New Right) domestic violence results from what?
instability, decline in moral standards and lack of social control resulting in men finding other ways to prove manhood
(New Right) criticism - domestic violence isn’t just what?
a feature of lower classes
(New Right) criticism - not all abusive men are what?
unemployed
(Giddens) what did Giddens say the family is characterised by?
emotional intensity & personal intimacy
(Giddens) minor arguments can escalate to what?
violence
(Giddens) the isolation of the nuclear family may do what?
increase intensity
(Giddens) criticisms - what remains important?
extended families
(Giddens) criticisms - some say Giddens does what?
overpredicts violence
(Laing) concerned with interaction within the family, he mainly studied who?
families with a schizophrenic member
looked at families for harmful and destructive interaction
(Laing) laing said schizophrenia was a valid response to what?
insane situation
(Laing) argues there’s a constant concern for what within families and what does this do?
mutual concern and attention
makes members vulnerable
(Laing) what is interiorisation?
families become part of each other restricting the self, freedom and self awareness
(Laing) adults can use their children as ammunition in conflict the child becomes like what?
a ball in a game of tennis
criticisms- why is it hard to obtain valid info on domestic violence?
people lie/hide it
criticisms - what do police stats rely upon?
reports from individuals and police reporting incidents
criticisms - how might interviewer effect influence the answers on domestic violence?
female victims may be reluctant to open up to male researchers
criticisms - what varies and what does this affect?
definitions of abuse
what people see as abuse and how willing they are to go forward about it
