SOCL 2505 : Final Exam Study Guide
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Puritans believed government should enforce moral behavior, not including husbands beating their wives. First law against wife beating in massachusetts bay colony in 1641. Few people were charged with this crime. Balance between preserving the family unit and of protecting women and children from abuse was difficult to maintain. The political model of domestic violence: referred to the relations of power and authority between men and women. Resources and benefits: as society is evolving what we see as dv is changing and it is changing the benefits and resources. Struggles usually over men"s power to control women. "rule of thumb"; you can hit your wife with a stick as long as it wasn"t thicker than your thumb. A rejection of tolerated norms for the abuse of women. Seen as an illness and source of injury. Main concern is with illness and well- being.
