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Domestic Violence

            
             There is little doubt that wife beating has become an acute social problem in the United States. A variety of studies confirm that the incidence of abuse is well beyond the exceptional. It is estimated that one in two women will be abused during the course of their marriage. A national survey found that each year one out of six couples experience at least one violent act; one in eight couples inflicts abuse that causes serious injury, and one in twenty-five marriages is plagued with what amounts to perpetual brutality. Subsequent studies have elaborated the gruesome pictures. (Gondolf pg 2).
             The litany of statistics suggests that violence in the home dwarfs other categories of violent crime. In fact 34% of all violent offenses reported to the police in two Scottish cities were assaults between family members. Seventy-six percent of assaults were committed against wives by husbands only 1% against husbands by wives. (Gondolf pg 2).
             The abuse of woman has been with us for a long time. In ancient Egypt, men were expected to bash their wives teethes out with a brick if they spoke out against them, and the medieval church sanctioned flogging of disobedient wives. As recently as colonial times, a husband was allowed to punish his wife with a stick no bigger than his thumb. Historical accounts of battering informed us not only that wife abuse has long been endorsed as well as tolerated. (Gondolf pg. 2) .
             Male-Female Sex Roles.
             At the heart of this argument is the notion that men and women are socialized into conflicting roles. Their learned differences make conflicts inevitable. The man's socialization into a masculine role causes him to conflict in the way he knows best with violence. The absence of violence in a relationship is therefore the result of two partners in a perfunctory way living separate lives, risking a lack of fulfillment, or moving beyond the sex role boundaries to a genuine sharing of emotions and power.


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5. Domestic Violence

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Domestic violence is both a social and legal problem. ... The main purpose of this Act is achieved by allowing a court to make a domestic violence order to provide protection for the person against further domestic violence. Domestic violence is usually perpetrated by men against women. ... Reports of domestic violence are becoming more and more frequent each year. ... Clearly, not all cases involving domestic violence are reported, and it is for this reason that these studies relating to domestic violence are not reliable. ...

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7. Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence is a significant problem in Queensland today, and unfortunately, the current legislation dealing with this serious issue is ineffective in protecting women from abuse at the hands of their partners. Over the past few years, society has witnessed an increasing awareness of the phenomenon of domestic violence. ... Yet nowadays in the light of changes in cultural norms and developments in our ability to diagnose cases of domestic violence, awareness of the problem has increased and domestic violence is recognised as a problem demanding comprehension and treatment in order for ...

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9. Domestic Violence Planning Paper

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