Domestic Violence

Question 1

Crime survey for England and wales: no. victims of DV

Answer 1

In 2013, 2 million people were victims of DV

Question 2

Coleman and Osborne

Answer 2

1/3 of all female homicide victims are DV

Question 3

Crime survey for England and Wales: gender gap

Answer 3

Narrow gender gap: 7.3% of women and 5% of men reported being cictim of DV

Question 4

2 reasons why might official statistics be inaccurate?

Answer 4

Yearnshire- Victims may be unwilling to report. Women suffer 35 assaults before making a report

Cheal- police are reluctant to record due to their tendencies to neglect the ‘darker side’ of families

Question 5

Radical feminist explanation

Answer 5

Men use DV to dominate women in marriages. Firestone- Inevitable because all societies are founded by patriarchy.

Question 6

Criticism of radical feminism: Elliot

Answer 6

Not all men benefit from DV and most are against it

Question 7

Critcism of radical feminism: risk of DV

Answer 7

Not all women are equally at risk. e.g. WC women, disabled women and drug users are more at risk

Question 8

Materialist explanation

Answer 8

Wilkinson- caused by stress on family members caused by inequality which reduces chances of maintaining healthy stable relationships

People with less power and wealth are more at risk

Question 9

Evaluation: materialist explanation

Answer 9

Useful for showing how inequality produces stress which can cause DV

DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHY WOMEN ARE MORE AT RISK

Question 10

Marxist feminist explanation and evaluation

Answer 10

Ansley- women absorb anger that men feel from exploitation

Explains why women are more at risk

Does not account for female violence