Violence Against Women In The

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(usually not always a woman) with whom they have or have had some form of intimate relationship such as marriage, in order to maintain power and control over that person. It may include threats to kill or harm the woman and/or her children or other family members� (Barron 1992) Lists of typical injuries sustained by victims include: � Bruising � Bleeding � Hair loss � Knife wounds � Scratches to body and face � Concussion � Broken/loss of teeth This list could go and on. Injuries do not have to include physical but also mental. The cause of domestic violence against women can never fully be documented. There is the Liberal approach that violence against women is a rare occurrence and that it is only a small number of men who will abuse. They blame social backgrounds that form a cycle of abuse. If the father used violence against the mother then the child will see it as normal. They also feel that to push a man as far as to commit an assault sexual frustration should also be taken ...

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police. Statistics that have been documented are alarming to say the least. � 1 in 4 women may experience violence in their relationships with men (Women�s Aid Federation {England} report 1992) � Severe, repeated and systematic violence occurs in at least 5 of every hundred marriages in the UK: Between 40% and 45% of murdered women are killed by their male partners; Between 1 and 2 women are murdered by their male partners every week; More that 25% of all violent crime repeated to the police is domestic violence of men against women, making it the second most common violent crime. (Hague & Malos 1993) � 100,000 women per year seek treatment on London for violent injuries received in the ...

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