common issue presented to Human Services professionals is domestic violence. Domestic violence is physical and or emotional abuse directed toward a domestic partner or spouse as a result of power, control and coercive behavior of one over another in a relationship. This abuse causes much turmoil for...
Rape and sexual assault affects all races, cultures, ages, and economic classes and are considered to be one of the most serious and violent crimes in the United States today. The United States has the highest rape rate among countries which report such statistics. It is four times higher than that of Germany, 13 times higher than that of England and 20 times higher than that of Japan. The startling fact is that rape and sexual assault are increasingly becoming the fastest growing violent crime in our nation. Due to the social stigma attached to this type of crime, many rape and sexual ass...
Background of Domestic Violence Domestic violence and psychological abuse are identified as, "behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other" (http://www.domesticviolence.org/). Most people believe that it only occurs among women of color, who are married and living in poor communities. They also believe that the causes of it are primarily due to drug and alcohol related content (http://www.domesticviolence.org/). However, all of these assumptions are false; domestic and emotional abuse can happen to anyone, anywhere. According to Futures Without Violence, an o...
