CRJU 450 DV Midterm

Question 1

England and Wales, What is domestic violence

Answer 1

Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality.
The abuse can encompass, but is not limited to: psychological; physical; sexual; financial; emotional.2 (HM Government, 2013)

Question 2

framing domestic violence in terms of incidents

Answer 2

reflects how violent men describe their behaviour rather than what we know from survivors. What women describe is an ongoing, ‘everyday’ reality in which much of their behaviour is ‘micro-managed’ by their abuser

Question 3

incidentalism

Answer 3

reproduces how men talk about their violence: it was a ‘one-off’; not that ‘serious’; not ‘really violence’.

Question 4

Domestic violence

Answer 4

can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic,
psychological, or technological actions or threats of actions or
other patterns of coercive behavior that influence another person
within an intimate partner relationship

Question 5

Domestic violence

Answer 5

a pattern of abusive behavior in any
relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power
and control over another intimate partner

Question 6

Domestic violence

Answer 6

psychological; physical; sexual; financial; emotional.

Question 7

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Answer 7

A person with whom one has a close personal relationship that may be
characterized by the partners’ emotional connectedness, regular contact, ongoing
physical contact and sexual behavior, identity as a couple, and familiarity and
knowledge about each other’s lives

Question 8

SIX CATEGORIES

Answer 8

1.Physical
2. Sexual
3. Emotional
4. Economic
5. Psychological
6. Technological