How would you explain Domestic Violence?
Title: How would you explain Domestic Violence?
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 2078 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
How would you explain Domestic Violence?
Category: /Social Sciences/Sociology
Details: Words: 2078 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Domestic violence is physical, psychological, sexual or financial violence that takes place within an intimate or family-type relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. Crime statistics and research both show that domestic violence is gender specific, usually the perpetrator of a pattern of repeated assaults is a man. Any woman can experience domestic violence regardless of race, ethnic or religious group, class, sexuality, disability or lifestyle. Battering is a pattern of behavior
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efforts to break the silence will make a difference in the long run.
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