Lesson 7.1 - Introduction to Domestic Abuse Flashcards
What are some examples of Coercive Control?
- Controlling who they see or where they go
- Taking away or restricting decision-making abilities
- Controlling or restricting financial independence
- Depriving or regulating their basic needs
- Undermining their character, appearance, opinion, etc
- Setting unrealistic or demanding expectations
- Degrading, humiliating, threatening or punishing them
Within The Power and Control Wheel, what are some examples of isolation?
- Limiting outside involvement
- Making another avoid people/friends/family by deliberately embarrassing or humiliating them in front of others
- Expecting another to report every move and activity
- Restricting use of the car
- Moving residences
Within The Power and Control Wheel, what are some examples of Emotional Abuse?
- Putting another down/name calling
- Ignoring or discounting activities and accomplishments
- Withholding approval or affection
- Making another feel as if they are crazy in public or through private humiliation
- Unreasonable jealousy and suspicion
- Playing mind games
Within The Power and Control Wheel, what are some examples of Economic Abuse?
- Preventing another from getting or keeping a job
- Withholding funds
- Spending family income without consent and/or making the partner
- Struggle to pay bills
- Not letting someone know of or have access to family/personal income
- Forcing someone to ask for basic necessities
Within The Power and Control Wheel, what are some examples of intimidation?
- Driving recklessly to make another feel threatened or endangered
- Destroying property cherished possessions
- Making another afraid by using looks/actions/gestures
- Throwing objects as an expression of anger to make another feel threatened
- Displaying weapons
Within The Power and Control Wheel, what are some examples of using children or pets?
- Threatening to take the children away
- Making the partner feel guilty about the children
- Abusing children or pets to punish the partner
- Using children to relay messages
Within The Power and Control Wheel, what are some examples of using priviledge?
- Treating another like a servant
- Making all the big decisions
- Being the one to define male and female roles
- Acting like the master or queen of the castle
Within The Power and Control Wheel, what are some examples of sexual abuse?
- Sex on demand or sexual withholding
- Physical assaults during sexual intercourse
- Spousal rapes or non-consensual sex
- Sexually degrading language
- Denying reproductive freedom
Within The Power and Control Wheel, what are some examples of threats?
- Threats of violence against significant third parties
- Threats to commit physical or sexual harm
- Threats to commit property desctruction
- Threats to commit suicide or murder
Within The Power and Control Wheel, what are some examples of physical abuse?
- Biting/scratching
- Slapping/punching
- Kicking/stomping
- Throwing objects at another
- Locking another in a closet or utilizing another confinement
- Sleep interference and/or deliberately exhausting the partner with
- Unreasonable demands and lack of rest
- Deprivation of heat or food
- Shoving another down steps or into objects
- Assaults with weapons such as knives/guns/other objects
In regards to S1 of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, what 3 conditions must be met for a person to commit this offence?
- They engage in a course of behaviour which is abusive of their partner or ex-partner and;
- The behaviour would be likely to cause the victim physical or psychological harm e.g. fear, alarm and distress and;
- The behaviour is intended to cause the victim to suffer physical or psychological harm, or is reckless as to whether it causes harm
Under Section 1 (2) of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, what type of abusive behaviours are included?
- Violent (physical or sexual)
- Threatening or intimidating
- Behaviour that is directed at the person, a child or any other person that has as its purpose on or more aspects of coercive control
What does Section 5 Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 cover?
- At any time during the commission of the offence:
- Behaviour is directed at a child
- The person makes use of a child
OR - A child sees, hears or is present during an incident
OR - A reasonable person would consider the course of behaviour to be likely to adversely affect the child residing with either party
Is the child’s relationship to either party relevant in regards to the Aggravation S5 DASA 2018?
NO
What are the 6 trigger points that may trigger domestic abuse?
- Moving in together
- Engagement
- Marriage
- Pregnancy
- Birth of a child
- Termination of a relationship
