Top Research Papers on Domestic Violence

Domestic violence according to Law Number 23 of 2004 is any act against a person, especially women, which results in physical, sexual, psychological, and/or domestic misery or suffering including threats to commit unlawful acts, coercion, or deprivation of independence within the scope of the household. This paper aims to find out how to enforce domestic violence or domestic violence laws. The method  used is a descriptive method of analysis, which is to explore information that is in accordance with events in the field through the person concerned or respondent. while the approach used in thi...

The purpose of this study was to determine the comparison between Islamic Law and Domestic Violence Law in handling domestic violence in Indonesia. The type of research used is qualitative research with comparative descriptive method. As the only research design, the ethnographic method is the method in this research with descriptive analysis writing techniques, where ethnography itself provides a tool that allows the research process to take place better. The results of this study are from two sources of law, namely Islamic Law and Domestic Violence Law which can be used as a legal basis to p...

This article analyses the jurisprudence on domestic violence in international refugee and human rights law. It identifies and offers an original response to shortcomings in both bodies of law. Drawing on the work of Michelle Madden Dempsey, its focus is on domestic violence in its ‘strong’ sense: violence that sustains or perpetuates patriarchy. Decisions on women’s claims for international protection from domestic violence have generated strands of case law which contradict each other, as well as the Refugee Convention’s object and purpose. Decision makers have delineated overly restrictive...

The issue of combating domestic violence is one of the most important in today's conditions, both in Ukraine and throughout the world, because violence is recognized as violating human rights. In order to improve the situation and implement mechanisms for combating domestic violence at the international level, a system of international legal protection of the rights of persons, affected by this phenomenon has been created. The purpose of the work is to assess and study the provisions of international legal acts aimed at combating domestic violence. The research methodology is a complex of meth...

Domestic Violence is a classic problem in the world of law and gender. Even though the legal umbrella to protect victims from domestic violence already exists, namely Law Number 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Domestic Violence, this has not been enough to anticipate this violence, in this case, the need for legal attention and protection from both the government, law enforcement officials, as well as from the community so that it is hoped that everyone who hears, sees, or knows about the occurrence of domestic violence is obliged to take preventive measures and provide assistance. Ac...

This paper will be presented a comparative picture of the norms of criminal substantive law intertwined in the Code of Criminal Procedure and the harmonization they carry with the Constitution of the Republic of Albania. Domestic violence is a disturbing element that we face daily as a society. The peculiarity of this criminal offense figure is the fact that both the perpetrators and the victims have an active role in terms of the realization of this criminal offense. Based on the most developed European countries’ legislation tradition regarding this criminal figure, in 2006 the law on domest...

Domestic violence (DV) is a serious social problem affecting millions of Americans and individuals worldwide, which permeates family, economic, healthcare, and social structures and often leads to a criminal justice response. DV response within the criminal justice system has been and continues to be driven by well-publicized court cases such as Thurman v. City of Torrington, which brought to light the grossly inadequate law enforcement response at the time. Such cases led to a grassroots victim advocacy movement establishing shelters and other victim services while lobbying state legislatures...

Study on violence against women is also difficult to carry out, since most women are unwilling to share details they deem private and personal. It is important to consider the meaning of abuse and the social structures that support its perpetuation in order to eradicate domestic violence against women. No longitudinal evidence is available on the prevalence and determinants of domestic abuse in India, which needs immediate consideration. In particular, in rural, low socio-economic conditions, with a poor educational and economic history for women, it is important to consider this serious issue...

Even though Law Number 23 of 2004 concerning on the Elimination of Domestic Violence was promulgated fifteen years ago, the number of domestic violence against women has not significantly decreased. The Law has not set concrete actions that may fall under the domestic violence that can be punished, particularly in terms of sexual abuse psychological violence, and negligence in household towards women. This research aims to analyze domestic violence against women in this Law and the conducts that are considered to be domestic violence which is commonly found in daily life in Indonesia. A   pure...

Healthcare systems have failed to respond adequately despite increased need globally, according to a report commissioned by the World Health Organization and funded by the European Union.

Women's safety is a critical social issue worldwide. Despite their respected place is society, women face harassment, molestation, assault and violence daily. This project aims to create a digital platform to help victims of domestic violence by providing safety, support, and access to important resources. Privacy and security are key features, ensuring that users' identities are protected. The platform will allow anonymous reporting and consultations with professionals. To develop this platform, we will gather requirements through surveys and interviews with survivors, support organizations, ...

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The article describes the types, causes and risk factors of child abuse in the family. Currently, one of the urgent social problems in society is: the impact of domestic violence on children. We see how brutality, violence is escalating, the situation is escalating. The reason for this was the quarrels of parents in the family, the consequences of alcohol and drugs. There are often factors associated with the abduction of children, their trafficking, placement in hard work or the sale of body parts. All these situations are a problem that cannot be solved in the world. It is obvious that a chi...

Covid restrictions have led to a notable increase in domestic violence worldwide and the situation in India is similar to that in other countries, according to the United Nations.

Disabled people are at increased risk of violence, including physical, psychological, sexual, and financial abuse. We conducted a thematic analysis of discussion forum posts (N = 50) from the popular online platform, Reddit. Posts discussed personal experiences of domestic violence, most commonly referring to partner violence (n = 23) or abuse perpetrated by a parent (n = 16). We identified three primary themes associated with domestic violence: (i) Perpetrators Targeting Disability (e.g., withdrawing access to medication or assistive devices and verbal abuse focused on the disability), (ii) I...

The renaissance of interest in the links between animal abuse and other forms of family violence has been accepted widely by the field of animal care and control and, to a lesser degree, by domestic violence prevention and child protection. The growing interest in the "link" is not meant to imply that animals are more important than people. It does imply, however, that no forms of family violence should be tolerated and that when any member of the family is abused, others are at risk. A coordinated, multi-disciplinary approach shows great promise in helping remove significant obstacles that pr...

For Ada and Chika, extreme financial hardship further complicated dementia caregiving challenges and there was also the issue of physical assault by her husband who accused her of neglecting her duties at home to care for her father.

Violence is a situation that causes physical or mental harm to a person by applying force and pressure. Domestic violence is the aggressive behavior of one member of the family towards other members of the family. It includes all kinds of attitudes and behaviors that force the person to act against their will (humiliation, threat, battering, forced sexual intercourse or coercion, restriction, forced marriage, etc.). The aim of this study is to examine the issue of domestic violence. The main purpose of the article is to clarify the issue of solutions in the literature by examining the definiti...

Implementation of Law no. 23 of 2004 concerning the elimination of domestic violence aims to prevent and overcome the occurrence of domestic violence. The article states that acts of domestic violence are a form of criminal act. Criminal threats for perpetrators of domestic violence have been regulated in Law no. 23 of 2004. The National Commission for Women's Protection is a national institution that highlights acts of domestic violence. Komnas Perempuan makes various efforts to prevent cases of domestic violence. Komnas Perempuan collaborates with various state institutions and community ins...

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Many cases referred for threat assessment involve intimate partner violence (IPV). As a form of targeted violence, IPV fits the preventative focus of the threat assessment model. However, heterogeneity of IPV offender profiles, the personal nature of the relationship between aggressor and target, and concern for a diverse range of undesirable but relatively probable outcomes present distinct challenges to effective threat management. In this chapter, the authors offer a theoretically grounded and empirically informed framework for evaluating and managing threats to intimate partners. They desc...

There was a significant increase in domestic violence in Fayoum governorate, Egypt, especially in 2020 during Covid 19 pandemic, and the importance of community education towards domestic violence prevention was shown.

The article analyses domestic violence victimization and factors determining domestic violence such as unconscious patterns. It argues that the victim’s pattern of behavior cannot be corrected without working with the victim’s unconsciousness. Measures of the victim’s scenario prevention are not fully effective without such a very significant factor of the victim’s behavior as unconscious attitudes and patterns. Psychologists and therapists can assist victims in changing their behaviors and patterns. Using domestic violence prevention techniques and resources, the victim can stay safe in their...

There is a widespread fear that the measures as a consequence of the worldwide corona pandemic have led to a significant increase in domestic violence and child abuse. The current study uses criminal files from all incidents of domestic violence that were reported to the police in a relatively large city in the Netherlands during 3.5 months before the pandemic and the first 3.5 months from the start of the nationwide shutdown, to compare the characteristics of the incident, the suspect and victim, how the case was handled and the involvement of minors. Results show that levels of domestic viol...

Domestic violence is a major area of concern when it comes to issues of women. Domestic violence is a form of violence by a person to hurt one’s spouse or partner either physically, psychologically or sexually. Though its outcomes are primarily related to physical health, but its causes and secondary outcomes are psychological as well as sociological. This review paper focuses on psychological causes and outcomes of domestic violence underlined in previous studies. Need for power and control, low self esteem, personality traits, gender role stereotypes, patriarchal beliefs, gap in spousal educ...

Under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act if an employer becomes aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that domestic violence that would likely expose a worker to physical injury may occur in the workplace, the employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the worker.

Results suggest that when making the intellectual decision to stay in an abusive relationship, battered and nonbattered women respond similarly and the importance of tailoring abuser intervention programs to individuals' initial readiness to change is suggested.

Utilizing a random sample of 455 cases, this article analyzes the impact of interracial/ethnic dyads on domestic violence case processing through the Sacramento County Criminal Court system during the period July 1, 1995, to June 30, 1996. The following five outcome measures were identified for analysis: (a) the decision to file charges, (b) the decision to file cases as felonies versus misdemeanors, (c) the decision to fully prosecute versus case dismissal, (d) whether a case was convicted on felony or misdemeanor charges, and (e) the length of sentence imposed. Logistic and linear regression...

Summary Domestic violence in same-sex relationships is still a rarely spoken about phenomenon that occurs far too often. This article explores this heinous behavior as a gross violation of human rights and explores how and why domestic violence may happen. Strategies for professional social work intervention for both the victim and the perpetrator are explored, and myths about same-sex domestic violence are exploded.

Under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act if an employer becomes aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that domestic violence that would likely expose a worker to physical injury may occur in the workplace, the employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the worker.

Findings indicate that convictions reduce the likelihood of domestic violence recidivism, and the associations between batterers’background characteristics and court convictions, as well as the effect of sanctions on the recidivist of convicted batterers.

The epidemiology and outcomes of domestic violence are introduced, screening methods and reporting requirements are reviewed, and the roles of diagnostic imaging in detecting and characterizing frequently neglected but common domestic violence injuries are discussed.

Increased awareness of domestic violence and routine inclusion of some screening questions in the medical history can facilitate detection and prevent further injury to a patient or her children.

This article includes a comprehensive assessment for partner violence, plans for primary prevention of violence in the office setting, and comprehensive plans for various degrees of domestic violence.

Mid-reproductive age women delivering stillbirths, are more likely to experience physical IPV in pregnancy, and call for screening of women for violence during their antenatal visits.

Under the provisions of Section 741.28 of the Florida Statutes, domestic violence means any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death of one family or household member by another family or Household member.

This research examined the life experiences of domestic violence survivors in China, specifically the actions taken, experiences and meanings they ascribed in becoming anti-domestic violence volunteers. Data were collected via in-depth interviews in 2020 with ten such volunteers. Theories of posttraumatic growth and theories of volunteering provided an analytical framework. The findings showed that the volunteers’ experiences during and following their escape from violence went through three stages: from shock, self-blame and acceptance to recognition of the abuser as wholly responsible for ...

Considering the high rate of DV against infertile women, it is recommended that policymakers address the issue by providing supportive care to such vulnerable populations, including educational and counselling services.

“... [T]he issue of domestic violence, which can take various forms ranging from physical to psychological violence or verbal abuse ... is a general problem which concerns all member States and which does not always surface since it often takes place within personal relationships or closed circuits and it is not only women who are affected. The [European] Court [of Human Rights] acknowledges that men may also be the victims of domestic violence and, indeed, that children, too, are often casualties of the phenomenon, whether directly or indirectly. ...” (Opuz v. Turkey, judgment of 9 June 2009,...

The authors point to the need fro an educational strategy that includes emphasis on the faculty-resident interface which utilizes both traditional and nontraditional integrated formats in order to successfully train residents in the identification and treatment of domestic violence.

Under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act if an employer becomes aware, or ought reasonably to be aware, that domestic violence that would likely expose a worker to physical injury may occur in the workplace, the employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the worker.

Ways to assess the likelihood of an emergency room or a doctor's office visit being the result of domestic violence are outlined as well as methods of assessing the degree of immediate danger to the woman.

The advantages and disadvantages of mandatory reporting of domestic violence are presented and alternatives that improve the response to domestic violence in the healthcare setting are suggested.

Domestic violence, regardless of how it is manifested, represents a phenomenon which has recently attracted more and more significant doctrinal and media attention and it is a very complex problem. There are numerous questions about domestic violence to which this paper tried to provide answers. However, it is important to point out that domestic violence is not the only type of violence to which a child can be exposed, or to which he/she can be connected in an indirect or direct way. Bearing in mind that one form of violence predominantly causes and entails the other forms of violence to whic...

The relationship between guns and DV is discussed and policy recommendations for creating a safer North Carolina are shared.

As one of the few men attending the RSM’s conference on domestic violence with Dr Golding, I have no quarrel with his summary of what was presented by the speakers (June 2002 JRSM1). The point where I differ with what he has presented concerns the things that were not said but needed to be said at this meeting. Anyone attending this conference fresh to the subject of domestic violence would have left with the belief that this age-old phenomenon was almost exclusively what men do to women and children. In the western world today, nothing could be further from the truth. There is a large body of...

This article is designed to empower America's front-line doctors to recognize and appropriately treat the many victims of domestic violence who currently suffer from this silent epidemic.

This manuscript describes female partner abuse and reviews its significance to health care providers, and essential nursing roles of screening for abuse, intervening with women at risk for Abuse, and completing a needed examination when abuse has occurred are described.

AJN September 2009 Vol. 109, No. 9 ajnonline.com CRAZY ADVERTISING I am a psychiatric advanced practice nurse. In the July issue of AJN, the inside back cover had a full-page color ad for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, accusing the psychiatric profession of deception. This organization is an offshoot of the Church of Scientology, and its message has no place in a respected journal. The ad is incorrect, misleading, and slanderous to every nurse working with the mentally ill. I’m astonished that you allowed it to be printed. As a nurse and a prescriber of psychiatric medications, I ask...

The usefulness of white feminist domestic intervention to Aboriginal women who are victims of domestic violence is explored and some future possibilities for workers are explored, in both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal societies.