According to the statistics, one in three women experience domestic violence. ... This cruel behavior not only destroys families, relationships and hopes; it also destroys lives, and in extreme cases, ends them. ... Barbara was a victim of domestic violence at some point of her life. ... Statistics say that children, who are exposed and grow up with witnessing domestic violence, are more likely to repeat the cycle of violence in the next generation. ... Domestic Violence is not the victim's fault. ...

• Word Count: 2949
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School

Through this research, many of the aspects of domestic violence are better understood. ... A person of any age or sex may be a victim of domestic violence. ... The theory of Intergenerational Transmission which borrows ideas from Social Learning Theory, involves the relationship between parental violence and subsequent child violence during adulthood. ... Furthermore, Harway (1998) explains that the period immediately following the battering is experienced by the woman as one of extreme aversive arousal, together with feelings of self-blame, depression, and helplessness. ... There are a number...

• Word Count: 5880
• Approx Pages: 24
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Though many people associate domestic violence with physical abuse, there is so much more to it. ... Other signs of physical abuse include pushes and shoves, slaps or bites, chokes, throwing of objects at victim, restraining victim then kicking and hitting victim, throwing victim, causing broken bones and other damage, and, in extreme cases, murdering the victim. ... Psychological problems also arise from exposure to domestic violence. ... In 1985, the overall violence of a husband against a wife was 113 and a wife against a husband was 121. ... That's when the violence began. ...

• Word Count: 5197
• Approx Pages: 21
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• Grade Level: High School

Substance abuse, challenging history, and abusive childhood can cause a person to become an abusive partner who demonstrates dominance through violence. ... Now that the abusive stages have started, they will continue to escalate to physical and sexual violence. ...

• Word Count: 6154
• Approx Pages: 25
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School