Family- Domestic Violence - 2.3 Flashcards

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Misconceptions of domestic violence

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> That it is only committed by a few disturbed people & causes are psychological not social .

> British Crime Survey rejects this - there are 6.6.Mil assault per year & follows social patterns with social causes e.g. mostly men on women - it is widespread

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Domestic Violence Key Sociologists

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> Yearnshire (Unrecorded Domestic Violence)

> Cheal (Unrecorded Domestic Violece)

> Dar (Unrecorded Domestic Violence/Unreported DV)

> Crime Survey for England and Wales ( Statistics)

> Firestone (Radical Feminism)

> Dobash & Dobash (Radical Feminism)

> Wilkinson & Pickett Materialist Explanation (Marxist Feminist)

> Ansley (Marxist Feminist)

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Two reasons official statistics on domestic violence aren’t valid

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> Underreported

> Underecorded (Cheal)

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Yearnshire (Underreporting of DV)

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> Less likely that violent crime will be reported to police under ⅓ of assaults reported.

> On average a women will suffer 35 assaults before reporting abuse.

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Dar (Unrecorded DV/Unreported DV)

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> Victims don’t report as of fear of reprisal, won’t be believed or their own fault.

> Continuous abuse, can’t separated, so victims can’t accurately recall & the emotional abuse difficult to prove

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Cheal (Unrecorded DV)

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> Police reluctant to get involved with private sphere feel people free to leave, but wife & children financially dependent

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Crime Survey for England and Wales (2013) - DV findings

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1.2mil women are victims compared to 800 000 men

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Criticisms of Crime Survey for England and Wales

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> Significant gender gap in severity/frequency of abuse

> Women suffer greater major physiological effects & are more fearful of partners

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3 Explanations for Domestic Violence

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> Radical Feminist
Materialist Explanation (Marxist)
Marxist Feminist

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General Radical Feminist view on Domestic Violence

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> Due to patriarchy, men exploits women through triple shift & sex, due to threat of domestic violence, thus inevitable

> Men dominate the state, so take domestic violence less seriously

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Dobash & Dobash (Radical Feminist)

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> Due to challenges to male authority, e.g. women asking why he’s late home

> Due to crisis of masculinity men are insecure so strike out.

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Wilkinson & Pickett Materialist Explanation (Marxist Feminst)

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> Due to stress from social inequality e.g low income, poor housing there is an increased risk of DV.

> Less time & money reduces their social circle & so there are less people around for support.

> Children, the working class, and people who are dependent on alcohol or drugs are more at risk

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Criticism of Materialist Explanation

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> Not all working class men are violent towards women.

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Ansley (Marxist Feminist)

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> Women are ‘takers of shit’’, men are exploited at work and take their anger out on women, when it should be directed at their employers.

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