Essays on Domestic Violence

“Domestic terrorism involves violence against the civilian population or infrastructure of a nation — often but not always by citizens of that nation and often with the intent to intimidate, coerce, or influence national policy. ” Frightening statistics, point to handguns in particular as being...

In February of this year, the body of Joanna Demafelis, a Filipino domestic worker, was found in a freezer in Kuwait. The body was found over a year after she had been killed. Unfortunately, situations such as these occur more often than one would like...

“When is a monster not a monster? When you love it.” This quote by Caitlyn Siehl demonstrates the human ability to overlook flaws and shortcomings within our society. This is often a positive thing. However, nearly “700,000” children are abused annually in the United States....

My family lives not in the best part of the city; since we were looking for the cheaper rent, we ended up renting the apartment in the relatively poor neighborhood. Regardless of race, I think in a low income families, there’s a lower chance to...

The American Indians have endured much: land dispossession, illness, and deprivation. Ever since the advent of the European settlers traditional life has radically changed for American Indians, especially for the Pawnee Indians. The Pawnee has faced land deprivation, tribal decimation from disease, and substance abuse,...

This chapter analyses and compares books, journal articles and other reputable sources concerning the impact of gender and age on the acceptability of domestic violence. The goal of this section is to examine and synthesise existing evidence, arguments and contributions related to the research question,...

Domestic violence is an umbrella term which describes any form of threatening behaviour or violence between family members and/or intimate partners. (Home Office and Jeremy Browne MP, 2012) As Kenney (2011) pointed out, this phenomenon encompasses all types of violence, including emotional, psychological, physical, sexual...