DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Flashcards

To understand the reasons for and extent for and extent of domestic violence in the UK.

1
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What are the 4 types of Domestic Violence?

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1) Physical abuse
2) Emotional/psychological abuse
3) Sexual abuse
4) Financial abuse

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What are the 4 new forms of Domestic Violence?

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1) Female violence towards men
2) Same sex abuse
3) Elder abuse
4) ‘Honour’ based violence

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3
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The helpline for it does happen’ for female violence towards men received how many phone calls after a feature story on GMTV?

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100,000

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4
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Donavon found roughly what percentage of people in same sex relationships report Domestic violence?And what else did he find?

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Roughly 35% -
which were mainly emotional domestic violence.
Most victims were under 35 , low income, and in their first gay relationships.

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5
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‘Help the Aged’ reports found out that 50% of the time elderly people had faced abuse from…

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People related to them.

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What is ‘Honour’ based Violence?

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Victims are perceived by family to be shaming them, disrespectful to cultural customs, disobedient to parents, or too ‘westernised’. These were usually carried out by a man or group of males in the family.

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7
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The Forced Marriage units deal with how many cases per year?

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300

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8
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Why is measuring Domestic Violence difficult?(2)

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1) Domestic Violence and child abuse are some of the most under reported crimes, so information on patterns/extent of Domestic violence are notoriously inaccurate.
2) There is no crime called Domestic Violence

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Why is British Crime Survey (BCS) a more accurate picture of Domestic violence?

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  • Each year 50,000 structured interviews are held with people over age 16
  • 4,000 face to face interviews with children aged 10-15— as a result it is not as representative and so there are possible inaccuracies of these interviews.
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10
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Give patterns of domestic violence?

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1) British Crime Survey: Domestic violence accounts for 1/6 of all violent crimes
2) Sociologist Mirless Black states
- There are 6.6. million domestic assaults per year
- Most known victims are women
- 99% of assaults against women are committed by men
- 25% of women experience domestic violence over the course of a lifetime; 1 in 8 repeatedly so.

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11
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How many children face physical abuse?

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3,500

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12
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How many children face emotional or psychological abuse?

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7,100

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13
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How many children face sexual abuse?

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2,000

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14
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How many children face neglect?

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12,500

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15
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On average how many children under 10 are killed each week by a member if his/hers family?

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1

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16
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Give 3 explanations for the patterns of domestic violence?And adapt on each pattern.

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1) There is more awareness today -More TV coverage, Woman’s Aid publicity, education etc.. leads to more reporting.
2) The home as a private sphere-David Cheal argues that police/agencies are less likely to get involved than in violence between strangers and so agencies may assume that victims will leave if they are abused however this is often too emotionally and financially difficult to do so.

3) Radical feminism patriarchy- Male domination of agencies such as police help explain their reluctance to intervene
- Firestone-patriarchal society condones violence towards women
- Dobash and Dobash-Marriage legitimises violence towards women by conferring power and authority on husbands.

17
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What are the 2 triggers to violence? And adapt on each.

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1) Masculinity= Dobash and Dobash- threats to the man’s masculinity trigger his violence
2) Social inequality
- Mirless Black= most at risk are children, low income families, people in rented accommodation, those with high levels of alcohol/drug consumption.
- Wilkinson=social inequality such as poverty, low income, and poor housing create stresses on marriage, increasing the risk of conflict and violence.

18
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Who are the 2 main writers who write about Domestic violence?

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1)Mirless Black

2Dobash and Dobash