Oliver, W. (2000). Preventing domestic violence in the african american community. Violence Against Women, 6(5), 533. In this article Oliver examines how popular Black culture can be used to educate African Americans about domestic violence. It also discusses how to enhance awareness for domestic violence treatment, like interventions. Oliver argues how Black popular culture can be effective in aiding in the enhancement of cultural sensitivity to reduce domestic violence within the African community
Domestic violence is defined as the inflicting or physical injury by one family or household member on another (Merriam Webster Dictionary). This has been a very harmful crime and has had its share of transitions over the past four decades. As we know, the criminal justice system has gradually changed which has been for the better of our country. According to the Nation Coalition Against Domestic Violence, it reports that Domestic violence is the most underreported crime in the United States and
“There is never any justification for any form of violence. Attention must never shift to perpetrators. Perpetrators must be held accountable”. MS Akbar. Domestic violence is “violent or aggressive behaviour within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner”. (Gardner). it can be in form of physical, emotional or mental.Domestic violence is also associated with the treatment of women since most of the domestic violence is agents women’s. which means it is direct abuse
explaining domestic violence in a modern-day society. They were among the first researchers in the UK to research the polices poor response to domestic violence. Through their qualitative studies, using open ended interviews, Dobash et el interviewed 109 women living in refugees for battered women in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The women were a mix of class and age. Dobash et el found the police had
Gender has become an established and central topic in criminology and studies of criminal justice. The criminologist Lauritsen stated that “Men commit crime at higher rates than women” furthermore they are “involved in more serious and violent offending, and are more prone to recidivism” (Lauritsen et at 2009). He believed that this is one of the few undisputed ‘facts’ of criminology. Criminologists look at a range of issues in relation to gendered crime, this includes analysing actual patterns of
Domestic Violence is a crime which occurs on a regular basis in the United States and everywhere. It claims the lives of millions of victims each year. There really is no specific cause to explain why domestic violence occurs. However, it has been noted that domestic violence is a product of emotional, sexual, psychological, physical, and any other form of torment or torture that the abuser wishes to use to gain control or power over their victims (Gosselin, 2005). Due to this crime being so
During the 1990s, according the Department of Justice of USA, the incidence of domestic violence decreased. Their study revealed that three important factors had an impact on this decline of violence against women and they were: a) Better legal services for domestic violence victims b) Improvement in women’s economic status c) Demographic trends (Farmer &Tiefenthaler, 1997) In the context of Bangladesh, Shahiduzzaman and Rahman in their book ‘Gender Equality of Bangladesh: Still a long way to go’
electroshock, unfortunately little feminist activism has been done, there is a need to further research from a feminist and social justice lens (Burstow, 2006). In “Knowing Through Discomfort: A Mindfulness-based Critical Social Work Pedagogy”, Yuk-Lin Renita Wong developed a mindfulness-based pedagogy for critical social work education. With emphasis on being mindful, of our own social locations, she suggests important learnings from feelings of discomfort and embraces “other ways of knowing” outside
Abstract Problem-Solving courts are courts that cater to specific crimes for example, drug abuse, domestic violence, mental health issues etc.… They help the offender in finding a program suited for them in order to assist their issue as well as lowering the recidivism rates of the community. They are equipped with specific attorneys and judges who read cases carefully so they now what they can do to help the offender and find the perfect program that suits their need. Their main focus is to have
The controversial topic of “the dress” went viral earlier this year; users argued over the popular social networking sites, Twitter and Facebook, whether they saw white and gold or black and blue. The South African branch of The Salvation Army took the dress hashtag and gave it an intelligent and more meaningful spin for Woman’s Day magazine. The advertisement shows a woman in the white and gold dress covered in bruises. The chilling header reads- “Why is it so hard to see black and blue?” This ad