Domestic Abuse

Question 1

What is domestic abuse

Answer 1

‘Any incident or patten of controlling or threatening behaviour, violence or abide between those 16 or over whore are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender and sexuality’

Question 2

View of domestic violence

Answer 2

People see domestic violence as a behaviour from a few sick individuals however sociologists have changed this view
- domestic violence is far to widespread to be simply the work of a few disturbed individuals (women’s aid federation) domestic abuse accounts to 1/6 - 1/4 of all reported crime
- domestic abuse does not occur randomly it is more common in certain societies and is mostly men abusing woman and follows a patter
Coleman found women are more likely to have experienced the four types of abuse than men

Question 3

Case studies domestic violence

Answer 3

🔸Dobash and dobash found that violent incidents could occur because a husband could get set of by what a husband saw as a challenge to his authority eg women questioning why he is late

Question 4

Women more likely to have experienced domestic violence facts

Answer 4

• British crime survey 7.3% 👰🏻 experienced domestic violence and 5️⃣% males
• Ansara and Hindin found that women suffered more severe violence and had greater physiological effects and were more likely than men to be fearful of their partner 🙍👱🏻
• Dar points out that it can also be difficult to count seperate domestic violence incidents because it may be continuous or may occur too often
• Yearnshire women on average suffer 35 assaults before reporting
• Dar argues this is because they think it is not serious enough and isn’t a matter of the police and may be scared of their partner
• police may be reluctant to record, investigate

Question 5

Explanations of domestic violence

Answer 5

🔸 The radical feminist explanation this emphasises the role of patriarchal ideas cultural values and institutions
🔸 the materialist explanation this emphasises the economic factors such as lack of resources

Question 6

Radical feminist explanation

Answer 6

• Interpret findings like dobash and dobash as evidence of patriarchy
• Firestone argues that all society’s have been founded on patriarchy
• family and marriage key institution of patriarchy
• state institutions are male dominated which is why they are reluctant to deal with cases of domestic violence

Question 7

Critisms if radical feminist view on domestic violence

Answer 7

• Elliot not all men are abusers
• radical feminists fail to explain child abuse from females and abuse to males and abuse in lesbian relationships
• crime survey found 18% of men have experienced domestic violence since the age of 16
  Radical feminists fail to explain which women are at risk of domestic violence they make it out that ALL women are at risk

Question 8

Women who are at more of a risk of facing domestic violence

Answer 8

• Young women
• lower social classes
• low income
• shared rented a donation
• illegal drugs or big consumption of alcohol
• long term illness or disability

Question 9

Inequality

Answer 9

Inequalities mean some have more than others the families with less may have an over crowded environment and face more stress