The Causes and Effects of Criminal Behavior In Children od Domestic Violence

Running head : Children of domestic abuse

Children of Domestic Abuse : Incubating the Criminal Behavior

Domestic abuse on children created an environment for the development of criminal behavior as they grew up . This had been a silent problem that had been creeping into the homes of a large part of the nation 's population . Even if it was a crime done behind the closed doors of the homes , the effect of this problem extended and affected people beyond the family . Theories and studies had exhibited the effect of domestic violence to be a

factor in a child 's tendency towards violence as well not just in his or her future families but also in their workplace and their everyday lives . Prevention policies and recommendations were reviewed in this in addressing the problem of domestic violence

Domestic violence was defined as a behavior that continuously occurs and it could ranged from acts of verbal abuse , physical and sexual assault , and crimes from rape to homicide (Shipway 2004 . Most of the worst kinds of domestic violence were observed to be perpetrated by men against women and their children (Shipway 2004 . When wives or female partners were abused , they usually resort to alcohol or drug abuse and exhibit signs of severe depression and In such instances , when children were involved , the abused turn into someone incapable of providing a nurturing environment for them . The fact that domestic abuse would always be concealed from friends , other relatives and work colleagues was a dangerous attribute of this problem It manifested that domestic abuse could not also be sufficiently recorded in the crime statistics and remain to be a hidden crime (Shipway 2004

The Problem of Domestic Violence and Children

The hidden figure of the crime of domestic abuse was probably larger than the crime rate for any other category , apart from rapes and sexual assault (Shipway 2004 . For different reasons , domestic abuses were not recorded because they were not reported . Statistics about the prevalence and nature of domestic violence was then seen as something very difficult to classify . There were reasons identified by past researches regarding the reasons for under-reporting . Fear of further escalation of violence prevented the victims from reporting such incidents (Shipway 2004 . Most of the time , the abused was always hopeful for the relationship to be salvaged . Domestic abuse was always classified by abuse by a family member to another . There were also cases wherein victims did not trust agencies or did not have enough knowledge of them and how they could help to report the crime (Shipway 2004

In the case of the incidents that were reported , a study showed how 50 per cent of the victims described being hit by their abuser (Davis 1998 . One in every four cases reported how the defendant had damaged property (Davis 1998 . The pro of defendants exhibited how 70 per cent of them had previous court arraignments for a criminal activity and half of them had a history of a violent offense against someone...