Purpose: To persuade the audience to combat violence against women and promote various programs and charities that are linked with this important cause. Thesis statement: Violence against women is rampant throughout the world. It is not a problem exclusively in third world countries, like the Congo but exist right here in America and in New Brunswick, at Rutgers. It is a serious problem and one that we must work to eliminate. The best way to do this is by informing people that violence against women is a problem and by participating in programs that work for this cause and give money to charities that help women who experience or have experienced violence.
I think this book will help in letting us know what is to be expected of law enforcement agencies, and how they think. Intimate Warfare: Regarding the Fragility of Family Relations. By Justine Van Lawick, (2009) APA citation on previous page. This book shows us that family relations is not always a safe place as we hope that it would be, this book studies violence in the domestic circle which conjures up a lot of questions. People within family relationships are likely to be threatened, humiliated, smacked, raped or murdered.
The complex of psychological adaptations that lead women to do this is known as ‘battered woman’s syndrome’ – and may be used as evidence to assist a defence or self-defence or provocation. The courts are slowly becoming more willing to accept evidence of ‘battered woman’s syndrome’ as a partial (and, in some cases, total) defence for murder, which is evidence of a growing recognition by the law of the effects of domestic violence.The Crimes (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act 1982 (NSW) was passed in order to assert the criminal nature of domestic violence and assault, and because of concerns over the inadequacy of the police and the courts in dealing with it. This Act amended the Crimes Act 1900, and provides protection for children and adults who are abused by a family member. In 1992 the Firearms Act 1989 (NSW) was also amended to address the particular problems associated with domestic violence. Under the Domestic Violence Intervention Education
This fact has received a fair amount of attention lately from researchers and the press – and deservedly so.But the attention always focuses on the women: where they were when assaulted, their relations with the assailant, the effects on their mental health and careers, whether they are being adequately helped, and so on. That discussion, as valuable as it is, misses a fundamental point. To understand military sexual assault, let alone know how to stop it, we must focus on the perpetrators. We need to ask: Why do soldiers rape? Rape in everyday life is already unacceptably common.
Domestic Violence Program Report Leslie Williams CJHS/410 May 6, 2015 Dr. Annie Wilson Domestic Violence Program Report In today’s society domestic violence has been pushed to the forefront of the media due to individuals labeled as celebrities gaining attention due to domestic abuse. Although domestic violence has been part of the American culture for centuries awareness has been in the lime light. Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other. Partners can be married or not married; heterosexual, gay, or lesbian; living together, separated or dating. Examples of abuse include: verbal abuse, isolation from friends and family, withholding money, preventing a partner
The YWCA offers many resources to women that find themselves battling abuse and many other resources for women and children. Since domestic violence in a frequent problem in families the YWCA also offers transitional housing for women and children which includes private rooms, HUD subsidize, and childcare to the women that live there. The YWCA mission and vision is “YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all” www.ywcancin.org. They also offer groups that focus on chemical dependency, economic empowerment, and sexual assault. Because they offer so many resources I decided to focus on the domestic violence program and explore the group and it foundation.
Domestic Violence: How Laws and Sanctions Can Help Protect Individuals from Abuse Tamara Solomon HS5318 Prof. Arthur Hayden Capella University Oct. 31, 2010 Thesis: Because domestic violence remains a serious problem in society, more stringent laws and sanctions are needed to hold perpetrators accountable and to protect individuals from abuse. Annotated Reference List Etter, Gregg W.; Birzer, Michael L. (2007) Domestic Violence Abusers: A Descriptive Study of the Characteristics of Defenders in Protection from Abuse Orders in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Journal of Family Violence. Vol. 22, Iss.
The Pennsylvania Coalition against Domestic Violence began holding regional retreats and statewide meetings in order to build support, involve more women, and strengthen support of coalition activities in 1981. 1984 saw the Duluth Project in Minnesota whereby the first criminal justice response model to domestic violence was coordinated. Then on September 13, 1994, the Violence Against Women Act or (VAWA) was signed into law as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) creates and supports comprehensive, effective, and cost saving responses to the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault and stalking. VAWA programs, administered by the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services, have dramatically changed federal, tribal, state, and local responses to these
c. Link to audience – Could it be you? Many of us may have experienced some source of violence even though it may not be your situation I am more than sure you may know a victim that experienced this harmful, powerful, haunting tragedy. Less than 20 percent of battered women sought medical treatment following an injury ( Gandoff, 1988) d. Preview – Today I am going to tell you what caused this organization to b. e created, secondly I will tell you more about the organization, and at last I will tell many ways you can help prevent physical assault on women to the best of your ability. Transition: Now that I have told you what I am going to inform you about I will now tell you why Women’s Resource Center is so significant for battered women. II.
Domestic violence is the leading source of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rape combined. A woman is more likely to be assaulted, injured, raped, or killed by a male partner than by any other type of assailant. Although, in recent times men also are abused by their female partner, the majority of cases still affect women entirely. Domestic Violence is often referred to as a pattern of offensive behaviour in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person.