domestic violence and the effects on the community

Domestic Violence and the Effects in the Community

2007

Many things happened all over the world . The cycle of changes and occurrence of different instances varies every moment in different places . We live in a realistic world , so it is only safe to say that most of us experience the negative sides of living . Most of us experience bad moments in the hands of other people . Most of the time women and children have been victims of these negative issues . But we still accept the fact that it can happen to anyone

of us . One of these issues is domestic violence which is quite rampant nowadays . According to HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /CAFCASS " \o "CAFCASS CAFCASS in the HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /United_Kingdom " \o "United Kingdom United Kingdom in its "Domestic Violence Policy , domestic violence is a range of violent and abusive behaviors , defining it as patterns of behavior characterized by the misuse of power and control by one person over another who are or have been in an intimate relationship . It can occur in mixed gender relationships and same gender relationships and has profound consequences for the lives of children , individuals families and communities . Thus , it can be considered as a criminal offense . Even though psychological and emotional abuse may not be considered as a criminal behavior , it is still a form of abuse that can be considered as a criminal violence

There are many forms of domestic violence that can be visible as manifestations of that certain case . Some of them are physical psychological and sexual abuse . Physical abuse can be characterized as an abuse wherein great force and threat has been used to a person resulting in a physical injury , harm or even death by another person through the use of his or her strength or an object like weapons and harmful element . Examples of which are kicking , punching , wounding someone through the use of a knife , or ironing the skin of the person or even shooting someone with a gun . Results of physical violence are bruises , abrasions , cuts , burns , wounds and other harm that the physical force causes to the person . Another form of domestic violence is sexual violence . Sexual violence arises when grave force is used to a person to do sexual activities that is against the person 's will . Doing something against the will of the person has a negative effect on the person to whom you 're doing the force thus , making it a ground of abuse . Another case is when a sexual act has been done to someone not capable of agreeing or disagreeing to that act , like a child , a mentally demented person , or an insane . The other one is psychological abuse . This abuse arise when there is threat that signifies harm or death , that is communicated through words , gestures or use of any other objects to cause the abuse . A devilish look towards a person , a gesture that means of killing somebody or just a plain...