Domestic violence

Question 1

What is the definition of domestic violence?

Answer 1

Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour or abuse to those aged between 16 or over who have been partners or family members

Question 2

The crime survey for England and Wales

Answer 2

-found 2 million people reported having been victims of domestic abuse
-says that 7.3% of women experience abuse whereas its only 5% of men

Question 3

Dobash and Dobash

Answer 3

found violent incidents could be set off by what a husband saw as a challenge to his authority

Question 4

What does stephanie yearnshire report?

Answer 4

reports that a woman suffers 35 assaults before making a report and it is the least likely crime to be reported

Question 5

What does david cheal say?

Answer 5

says it is due to the fact that police and other state agencies are not prepared to become involved and police are reluctant to investigate

Question 6

Economic explanation

Answer 6

• domestic violence as the result of stress on family members
• worries about money, jobs and housing spill into domestic conflict

Question 7

Cultural explanation

Answer 7

• see inequality causing domestic violence
• fran ansley argues that DV is the product of capitalism e.g men are exploited at work so they take out frustration on wives
• doesnt explain why all men dont commit DV or why women dont

Question 8

What is included in power relations?

Answer 8

• Financial control
• Domestic abuse
• Division of labour
• Decision making