Domestic Abuse Flashcards
Government definition, 2013
An incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behavior, violence or abuse, between individuals over the age of 16 who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality, which can include but not limited to psychological, physical, sexual, financial, ecological abuse.
HMIC, 2014
Victims don't report DA to police: fear of retaliation embarassment effect on the children lack of trust in police
Crime Survey of England and Wales, 16/17
- 9 million,
1. 2 million of which are women
Office for national statistics, 2016
70% of domestic homicide victims are females
97% of female domestic homicide victims were killed by a male
Coleman, 2006
29% of female general population since 16 years have been a victim of domestic abuse
Donovan, 2006
LGBT+ domestic abuse on the rise
Waldner, 1997
Lesbians reported higher domestic abuse than gay men
Haggard, 2015
Though domestic abuse is an issue worldwide, empirical support is weak for the effectiveness of recidivism reducing interventions
Domestic abuse intervention theory, 1984
Equality wheel
Hughes, 2017
integrated domestic abuse programme
Kelly, 2015
Efficacy of integrated domestic abuse programme, modest yet significant effect on recidivism
Giltritch, 2003
witnessing domestic abuse strong predictor of becoming a perpetrator
APA, 2013
Anti-social personality disorder, simply more violent
Tudiver, 1999
males are less help seeking in general
Sylaska, 2014
victim blaming can lead to long term mental health problems
Stark, 2012
coercive control
coercive control
a pattern of behaviour which seeks to take away the victim’s liberty or freedom, to strip away their sence of self. may involve serious abuse, but can comprise of continuous low level legal and illegal actions that isolate, degrade, exploit and control.
Myhill, 2015
situational couple violence
situational couple violence
abuse can be one off event or repeated, perpetuated by either or both partners and can end in serioud injury
Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart, 1994
typologies of, family only, dysphoric, and generally violent
Cavanaugh, 2005
may lead to more accurate identification, assessment, and intervention, thereby better protecting victims
Altobelli, 2009
match offenders with treatments
World Health Organisation
Psychological impact on victims,
physical, sexual and reproductive, mental, and behavioural health
World Health Organisation 2005-2007
46% of females in prisons had been victims
Johnson, 2003
17% of pregnant women experience domestic abuse
Miller, 2015
Witnessing domestic abuse= Psychological abuse
USA, Criminal Justice System
5 states including North Carolina and Oklahoma charge committing domestic in front of children as a separate offence
Holt, 2008
Child witnesses experience cognitive, emotional, behavioural, social
