Domestic Violence

Question 1

Yearnshire

Answer 1

• Found that women suffer an average of 35 assaults before reporting to the police.
• Domestic violence is the violent crime least likely to be reported.

Question 2

Postmodernist Cheal

Answer 2

The police make 3 assumptions about family life that makes them reluctant to investigate:

• the family is a private sphere which they shouldn’t access
• that the family is a good place so they ignore the bad side
• women are free to leave when they want.

Question 3

Radical feminist belief

Answer 3

They say that violence against women is part of a patriarchal system, and stems from beliefs and social norms surrounding marriage.

Question 4

(Elliot)

Answer 4

Rejects the radical feminist view that men benefit from violence against women. Radical feminists ignore the fact that not all men are aggressive and most oppose violence.

Question 5

Marxist feminist
(Wilkinson)

Answer 5

• domestic violence is the result of stress caused by money worries and a lack of social support
• Inequality in society means that some families are more likely to experience material deprivatoin which means that the WC may be more at risk.

Question 6

why official stats are untrustworthy

Answer 6

Information about domestic violence can be inaccurate

• cases do not get reported.
• the police are reluctant to investigate cases