Domestic violence Flashcards
What is the link between domestic violence and the world cup?
Significant rise in domestic abuse reports during the world cup.
Men take anger out on women when teams lose.
What are the 2 government initiatives put in place to improve the powers police have to end abuse?
Domestic Violence Protection Orders
Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme aka CLARES LAW
What is the domestic violence protection order?
No longer the responsibility of the person being abused to leave the house.
Requires perpetrator to leave the scene of abuse, and can prevent them from returning/having contact with victim for 28 days.
What is the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme? (clare’s law)
Entitles police to disclose information about previous violent offending by new or existing partner.
Allows people to make an informed choice about entering potentially abusive relationships.
What statistic did HMIC say about domestic violence phone calls?
Every 30 seconds someone will call the police regarding a DV incident.
What did Dobash and Dobash say?
Interviewed women in women’s refuges in scotland - used police and court records to research DV.
Violent incidents could be set off by what a husband saw as a challenge to his authority.
Marriage legitimises violence against women - gives power to men, dependency to wives.
What % of men and women reported DA cases in 2013?
7.3% of women
5% of men
Why are OS understating extent of DV?
- VICTIMS ARE UNWILLING TO REPORT TO POLICE - may feel it is trivia or they may face reprisal.
2.POLICE MAY BE RELUCTANT TO RECORD, INVESTIGATE OR PROSECUTE OFFENDERS - not prepared to become involved in the family - private sphere so should be limited.
What do MILLETT AND FIRESTONE see dobash and dobash study as?
Evidence for patriarchy - men are the enemy and the oppressors/exploiters of women.
What is the radical fem view on domestic violence?
Inevitable feature of patriarchal society.
Male domination in state institutions helps to explain reluctance of police - embedded patriarchy
How did FAITH ELLIOT criticise rad fem view?
rejects claims of patriarchy in family - not all men are aggressive or violent.
Give a criticism of rad fem view on DV:
Fail to explain female violent - including child abuseW
What do rad fems assume?
All women are equally at risk of patriarchal violence - not true. some social groups more at risk than others.
What do Wilkinson and Pickett say about DV?
DV is a result of stress on family members caused by social inequality.
STRAIN THEORY???
What did BROWNMILLER say?
ALL MEN ARE RAPISTS - biologically violent and heterosexual sex is act of violation and domination over women.
