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Sociological Phenomena of Domestic Violence & its Affects

Introduction

Domestic violence means violence between people in a household to live together. Under the heading of domestic violence therefore includes not only violence (before, during and after a breakup) in couple relationships but also violence against children, violence by children against their parents, violence between siblings and violence against living in the household older people

Other, often interchangeably used terms are in close social relationships or violence in their social circle, family violence and violence in marriage and partnership.

In the sociological and criminological research different definitions of domestic violence may be used. Some legal definitions often contain only the actual offenses, while in many sociological and psychological definitions of the motivation of the offender will also be included.

Domestic violence occurs when people exercise within an existing or dissolved family, matrimonial or similar relationship physical, psychological or sexual violence or threaten, while any violation of the physical or psychological integrity of a person who is inflicted by abuse of power relations through the structurally stronger person regarded as such.

According to the Ministry of Health, the attacks are the leading cause of death for young people between 5 and 19 years. Most of these attacks come from the home environment. UNICEF estimates that every day, 18,000 children and adolescents are beaten in Hispanic regions (UNICEF, 2010). Accidents and domestic violence cause 64.4% of deaths among children and adolescents in the region.

Discussion

Domestic violence can occur at any time of the report: sometimes occurs immediately, sometimes occurs in conjunction with the birth of a child, and sometimes succeeded after many years of marriage, the frequency and severity of episodes of violence are extremely variables.

Domestic violence is a set of strategies by the partner act in order to be able to exercise control over the partner, often on children. Most empirical studies distinguish between two different types of violence (Bellows, 2003). One hand, violent, combative behavior related to the situation and on the other hand, repeated systematic use of force that puts one of the parties in a hierarchically weaker position. In this perspective, the one-escalation of a dispute between two otherwise equally powerful people will not come to blows considered domestic violence. In addition to the aggressive actions of one or both parties involved domestic violence is thus determined by the following factors:

There is an emotional bond between the offender and the victim, who is also a physical separation, is not the time being.

The violence in the home, in the same household, that is exercised in the private sphere. This fact has consequences for the sense of security of the victim.

The physical and / or psychological well-being the victim is violated repeatedly by the aggressive action.

The perpetrator uses an existing imbalance of power from his victim or creates such, in order to subsequently exploit.

Constructive Social Involvement in Domestic Violence

The violence, in most cases, has become part of everyday life for many people which greatly affects their behavior and the development of various activities they ...