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…Violence: Opposing Viewpoints is a book that is based on all types of violence including: domestic, youth and school violence. It is a book that is part of a volume of viewpoint books. It starts off with a debate with violence, asking if it is a key…

…listed abuse by husbands and partners as the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44. Police response to domestic violence has been ambivalent at best. A study in Ohio suggests that 67 percent of domestic abuse incidents reported…

…that it is the women who are battered. One researcher noted that wives were the perpetrators in seventy-three percent of the depictions of domestic violence in newspaper comics. Battered husbands have historically been either ignored or subjected to ridicule…

…Date of Submission:11th June, 2003 TOPIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE "Challenging DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is often difficult but complicity is unforgivable" Domestic Violence is an abuse of power perpetrated mainly, but not only…

…What happened to Family? Domestic violence can most thoroughly be described by the “National Coalition against Domestic Violence”. Their definition states domestic violence is any form of physical, sexual or emotional abuse, which takes place within…

…. Bobby, the agency's professional contact. The following information is from her interview on August 26, 2003 and materials gathered at their Domestic Violence Assistance Center. Option House has been serving victims of family violence since 1977, through…

…a negative effect on children’s academic performance. Parental abuse causes psychological and sociological disturbances in children. In homes where domestic violence occurs, children are at high risk for suffering physical abuse themselves. Regardless…

…more often than women in domestic violence encounters. It is not that I disagree with this information, or that I think these statistics are false, I just assumed with such an epidemic problem, there would be more public awareness. While I do not question…

…Domestic Violence By: Anonymous Women’s Studies 210 Analytic Response #2 Domestic violence and sexual assault are two difficult things to define. I define domestic violence as any unwanted physical contact from a significant other. Significant other…

…, these steps to reduce violence are not enough; the only solution is to rid the sale of handguns in the United States. Handgun sales should be banned by the United States Federal Government in order to prevent domestic violence, practically eliminate accidental…