Women and Violence Research Papers - Paper Masters.
Introduction. This paper discusses domestic violence as a major current social policy under discussion in all domains. In particular, it summarizes the history, major voices, as well as basic arguments for and against domestic violence.
The aim of this Research Topic is to gather updated scientific and multidisciplinary contributions about issues linked to domestic violence, including intimate partner violence. We encourage contributions from a variety of areas including original qualitative and quantitative articles, reviews, meta-analyses, theories and clinical case studies on biological, psycho-social and cultural.
Domestic violence. Domestic violence is chronically under reported, however research estimates it accounts for 16% of all violent crime and will affect 1 in 4 women in their lifetime. It has more repeat victims than any other crime; On average, two women in England and Wales are killed every week by a current or former male partner.
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) 2017 domestic violence survey report, one woman in every four women and one man in every seven women have experienced physical violence from their partners (Burnett and Renner, 2019). In the United States of America, about 36.3% and 17.1% women and men respectively experience contact sexual violence. Intimate violence, sexual violence, and.
Many cases of domestic violence have been directed to women and children. Because of the eminent challenges, effects and societal problems relating to domestic violence and stalking pose it is important that measures be put in place to address them objectively (Douglas, 2002). It is however critical that the perpetrators of the domestic violence (batterers) be made to account for any violent.
Domestic Violence against Women as a Grave Threat to Society Domestic violence, or intimate partner violence as it is also referred, is a serious problem in today’s society. This paper will focus on physical violence and abuse against women, though other types of abuse exist. Despite new and emerging laws, advocates speaking out, and a slight decrease in overall reported domestic violence.
The select resources and research in this Special Collection illustrate the LGBTQ communities’ experiences with domestic violence within the U.S. Resources especially relevant to these individuals, as well as straight allies and professionals, address the issue of domestic violence in LGBTQ communities, relationships, and the impact on society.