PSY344H5 Chapter 13: Chapter 13- Intimate Partner Violance
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Domestic violence: refers to any violence occurring between family members: domestic violence wasn"t an issue till 1980"s, focus is on spousal violence, violence varies in terms of types, severity and includes physical, sexual, financial and emotional abuse. It doesn"t account for all forms of domestic violence on the scale. It doesn"t take in to account the context and consequences of the same act for men and women. It doesn"t take in to account motive of violence, so offensive violence and defensive violence are rated the same. Some clinicians argue that these criticisms are not based on the. Cts"s methodology but rather our disagreement from the values that women can be responsible for domestic violence. In a study done by the international dating violence study it was seen across countries an average of 29. 8% of any assaults, 5. 8% serious assaults and. 21. 5% of sexual coercion by their dating partners.
