Domestic+Violence

=DOMESTIC VIOLENCE=

__FINAL EXAM__
Nashaya Edwards: To educate the students and the population how much of a problem that domestic violence is and the effect it has on its victims.

Adela Antal- Wiki has really helped me when I ran out of sources and I was glad to come here and see that other people posted so much stuff about Domestic Violence

Lexi Harrison: Domestic violence is a just as big of a problem as any other issue, and that it needs to be stopped (so do the other issues).

__Definition__
"Domestic abuse, also known as spousal abuse, occurs when one person in an intimate relationship or marriage tries to dominate and control the other person. An abuser doesn’t “play fair.” He or she uses fear, guilt, shame, and intimidation to wear you down and gain complete power over you. He or she may threaten you, hurt you, or hurt those around you. Domestic abuse that includes physical violence is called domestic violence.|This is a good way to define "domestic violence""

Domestic Violence is a pattern of coercive behavior in which one person attempts to control another through threats or actual use of tactics, which may include any or all of the following: physical, sexual, verbal and psychological abuse. http://www.mcedv.org/domviolence/index.htm

There is a great video on domestic violence at the bottom of this page. http://www.arts-education.org/arts_ed/smd.html

This photo came from the Domestic Violence in Flamborough http://www.infoflam.on.ca/domesticviolence/

[|Depressed moms in violent homes are most likely to punish kids.]
Meaning that if a mother is going through domestic abuse with her spouse, she may be abusive to her children. A mother may just have depression though, which may also cause her to beat her children. Don't get this mixed up though, because not all moms in abusive relationships will abuse their children.

Good site.

[|Domestic Violence Facts and more]
Website tells information about what domestic violence is, and many other facts.

[|Domestic Violence signs and symptoms]
Exactly as it says, this website tells you about domestic violence, and what the signs and symptoms are.

[|Fast Facts-]
The website above has lots of information about Domestic Violence. It has facts, the signs of domestic violence, the types, and much more!

[|Types of Domestic Violence-]

 * Physical violence
 * Verbal abuse
 * Spiritual abuse
 * Sexual Abuse

There is different types of damage done with each different category of violence.
 * Physical abuse- When an abuser causes damage to another by hitting kicking, and punching. This is the most common type of violnce and can happen to anyone at any age. Physical abuse is found in many families whose abuser grew up in an abusive household themselves, and often feel like they need to have power.
 * Verbal abuse- When the victim is called names, or ridiculed on a constant bases. The taunting may start out easy, then come into hard blows, such as commanding the victim to do things, and degrading the self confidence of the victim.
 * Sexual abuse- When the abuser forces the victim to do unwanted sexual acts. This type of abuse happens in both men and women, and can effect adults just as much as children.
 * Spiritual abuse- Where a person is mocked for their belifs in a certain religion, or they are mocked for beleveing in a certain religion. This may sometimes go to such extremes that the victim is forced to stop going to church, or they feel as though what their religion is, is wrong.
 * Financial abuse- When a spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, or wife, takes control of the money. This involves draining your partrenrs savings, and possibly forcing them into bankruptcy.

[|Children too?]
Children too? The above website tells about domestic violence, and how it effects children and teens. You'll find surprising and helpful facts to help you with your research. That's a very good website. It deffinately has a lot of statistics and helpful information.

Did you know?

 * 3 million women are beat by their spouses each year?
 * 3.3-10 million children are victims to domestic violence each year?
 * Children sometimes become aggresive at school because of the violence at home?
 * Domestic violence can eventually lead to death, if the case is serious enough?
 * South Carolina has just recently been ranked as the 2nd highest state for it's number of men that kill women due to domestic violence?
 * Only 1 out of 10 cases of domestic violence is reported each year?

[|Wait a second...men too?]
You heard right. Many people have a misconception that only women and children can be victims to domestic violence, but men can also be victims. This is not very common, but is still an issue in itself. This website has a a lot of information about men, and how they deal with domestic violence. There's not many facts surrounding men, but what many people know, or don't know, will be on this website. Some things you may not have known about men dealing with domestic violence...
 * 1) There are about 300,000 to 400,000 cases of domestic violence to men reported each year.
 * 2) There are maybe one or two support groups __in the country__ for men dealing with domestic violence.
 * 3) Women can abuse men physically, but normally use verbal abuse, and degrade men be calling them such names as a "failure".

WOW. I did not know some of this information. I'm glad I found this website, it has amazing information.

[|Stress, Depression, Suicide?]
Some times women facing domestic abuse, will get to a point where not only physical effects of the abuse, but they also have mental. This may not happen to everyone facing abuse, but it does happen to a large majority. Many victims will become overly stressed out, which may lead to depression. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is common in these cases. this means that the victim will have constant nightmares, hallucinations, anxiety, and insomnia. Many victims say that even after they left their abuser, their fear still continues, and they face daily struggles as if they were still being abused. Sometimes, this depression may turn into something even more serious. Suicide. Though many victims try to work out their stress, others think that suicide is just the easier way out. Something about suicide that you may not know is that once a person has attempted to do suicide, they often regret it. It's the body's natural adrenaline response kicking in, to make you realize that there are better ways to look at things. Some victims say that once they had tried suicide, they thought about their children, and what pain the abuser might have caused them, and wanted to live just for their children. It's also common among children to become depressed as well. Many children may become more violent in school, and many may drop out, or just give up. There are those few, very rare, that will try or succed in commiting suicide. Sometimes the thought of coming home and being beaten again are to hard for teens to think, and so they find their way out as suicide.

That's really sad.

[|Hey guys, what can you do to help?]
This website gives a lot of information about how men can help stop domestic violence. Since men play a key role in this on going cycle of abuse, they are also the one's that can help stop it. This website has a lot of great information if you want to know more.

[|USDA about domestic violence.]
Looks like a good website, and has a lot of helpful information. The information comes from a book, so it's very accurate. It gives stuff on domestic violence, and how to solve it.

[|Wikipedia Verified Information]
This is information from Wikipedia about domestic violence. It has lots of facts, and statstics about domestic violence, as well as some of the causes and effects of domestic violence. It tells some of the warning signs, types of abuse, and much more.

__Solutions?__
Many people wan domestic violence to stop, seeing as how it is one of the biggest problem to face the United States today. There is not one specific proven way that humans can stop domestic violence, but there are methods that will decrease the number of domestic abuse cases, and maybe eventually stop domestic violence once and for all.
 * 1) Make harsher punishments for those who commit domestic violence- As is, there are "okay" punishments for domestic violence, but they're not the best. Some people say that the government is at fault for the number of domestic abuse cases, because the punishments will not keep the abuser from going back and beating their spouse and children.
 * 2) Taking a stand- If more people took a stand for domestic violence, maybe abusers would see the problem that their abuse causes. It may be taking a vocal stand, or maybe you someone wants to join a rally, or who know, you may wrote about it in a blog. Anyway it's done, taking a stand will have some effect on those abusers..