Domestic violence

What does domestic violence follow?

particular social patterns

What percentage of all incidents towards women are committed by men?

99

How many women have been assaulted by a partner at some point in their life?

1 in 4, 1 in 8 repeatedly so

What does the british crime survey for england and wales say about domestic violence, when?

2 million people reported being victims of domestic abuse in 2012, 2013

What kind of survey is the british crime survey for england and wales?

a victim survey

What are Elizabeth Stanko’s 3 pieces of research in 2002?

a woman was killed by her partner once every three days in England and Wales, there are 570,000 cases of domestic violence in the UK reported every year and an incident of domestic violence occurs every 6-20 seconds in the UK

What does the Uk home office say about domestic violence?

26 percent of all UK crime is domestic, and in 2011 7.3 percent of women and 5 in men in England and Wales suffered from domestic violence

What did the 2012/13 survey find out about different types of violence?

non physical abuse was more common than physical abuse for both male and female victims

What is the issue with official statistics on domestic violence?

may understate the extent of the problem as victims may be unwilling to report it to the police and prosecutors may be more reluctant to record, investigate and prosecute it

What does the Women’s aid federation say about recorded crime, when?

domestic violence accounts for between one sixth and one quarter of all recorded violent crime, 2014

What does Yearshire say about women and assault?

on average, a woman suffers 35 assaults before making a report

What does Cheal say about the reluctance of state agencies?

they don’t want t get involved as they assume that the family is private, good and individuals are free to come and go as they please

What is the correlation between domestic violence and football?

abuse rates increase by 38 percent when England lose

Whaat is Dobash’s explanation for abuse?

it occurs as a response to a challenge to male authority

What does Osborne say about deaths, when?

2 women a week are killed by a partner/former partner, 2002

What does Coleman say about women and domestic abuse, when?

women ar more likely than men to suffer domestic abuse, 2007

What did the women’s aid federation say about domestic violence, when?

domestic violence accounts for up to one quarter of all recorded crime, 2014

What form of research do Dobash and Dobash use?

interviews with women’s refuges

What is the radical feminist view on domestic violence, who came up with it?

Dobash and Dobash, domestic violence is evidence of the patriachy and men dominate women through domestic violence

What did Dobash and Dobsh find in 1979?

police didn’t usually redorc vilent crimes by husbands against their wives, but since then the police have set up specialist domestic violence units but there are still low rates of convictions

What law change was made in 1991?

it was no longer legal for men to have non-consensual sex with their wives

According to radical feminists, what ideology does domestic violence promote?

women should know their place

What do radical feminists say about victim blaming?

there is a tendency to blame the victim, most women return to abusive partners as they’re financially dependent or fear being stigmatised

What is the evaluation of the radical feminist view?

overestimate domestic violence, interviews are not a reliable source, other groups are at a greater risk, doesn’t account for female domestic violence

What are the 4 types of control?

financial, social, emotional and physical

What does Wilkinson say about domestic violence?

evidence of social inequalities cause family dysfunction at home, stress due to less economic wealth

What does Ansley say about women?

a marxist feminist, she describes women as takers of shit

What is the evaluation of the materialist explanation?

only explains domestic violence in lower classes, doesn’t explain why men are the main perpetrators

What is the materialist explanation, who explains it and when?

Wilkinson and Pickett 2010, low income groups are more at risk as domestic violence results from stress of family members due to inequality and poverty as well as a lack of resources, money and time