domestic violence

Running head : DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Domestic Violence (name (university /school (professor (subject /course (date

Abstract

Domestic abuse is happening every day in the United States . Coercion threats , isolation and blaming are some of the domestic violence that child , husband , wife or other intimate domestic partner may experience from their partner or family member . There are about 3 to 4 million women in United States that are physically abused by a family member The occurrence of this kind of violence should be stooped by putting the offenders behind bars if the circumstance calls

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Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a common problem in society . The crime is not only happening in America , as reported cases as far as memory could recall involved parties from all sorts class , race and religion

It is considered domestic violence when someone tries to direct a family member through physical abuse , emotional abuse , intimidation sexual abuse , threats of violence or economic deprivation (Buzzle 2007 . Physical abuse in domestic violence , which is commonly reported includes spousal abuse , child abuse , elder abuse , domestic abuse battering , and husband or wife beating (Buzzle , 2007 . The abuse could also result in rape or even murder . In United States , it is estimated that more than 32 million citizens are affected by domestic violence (Buzzle , 2007

Justice system in the United States has been addressing the problem of domestic violence for quite some time already as the very first law against wife beating was already enacted in colonial-era . In 1641 , the Massachusetts Bay colonist adopted the provisions of the Body of Liberties , which stated , Every married woman shall be free from bodily correction or stripes by her husband , unless it be in his own defense upon her assault (Young , 2005 . During that time , those found guilty were subjected to public shamming , and punished with whippings or fines (Young , 2005

Recent years shows that the number of domestic violence cases has declined . Between 1993 to 2001 , nonfatal cases of domestic violence incident reports decline by half , from 9 .8 to 5 women victims per 1 ,000 women and 1 .6 to 0 .9 male victims per 1 ,000 male . Overall , a dropped of 3 per thousand incidents of such crimes (Buzzle , 2003

Despite the decline of reported nonfatal violence in the United States , the number of fatal incidents still remained a prevailing problem , as year 2000 reported 1 ,247 women and 440 men were killed by an intimate partner (Buzzle , 2003

In 2004 , in to increase the protection , support and rights of witnesses and victims , the Domestic Violence , Crimes and Victims Act was introduced . The act provided the law enforcers the instrument to clearly understand and uphold laws relating to the crime of domestic violence The victims are the primary concern of the act as it aims to put them at the center of the criminal justice system (Crimes n .d . It further protects the victim by punishing the offenders if the facts would require it

Due to the recurring cases of domestic...