Domestic violence Newspapers are often full of news about a case of domestic abuse in high profile, where a man or woman is suspected of murdering their wife or husband, with or without a history of domestic violence. How a person can turn to love and live with someone to beat or kill them? What kind of person resorts to domestic violence against their spouse or intimate partner within? These are some questions that come to our mind when we read about such cases.
A common pattern of domestic violence is that the author alternates between a violent and abusive behavior and apologetic apparently sincere promise to change. Domestic violence often includes child abuse, spouse abuse, violence by an intimate partner and domestic violence or elder abuse.
Domestic violence between intimate partners: domestic violence between spouses or intimate partners is when one person in a spousal or intimate relationship tries to control another person. The perpetrator uses fear and intimidation and may use or threaten to use physical violence. Domestic violence includes physical violence is called domestic Voilence .
The victim of domestic violence or domestic violence may be a man or a woman. Domestic violence occurs in a traditional heterosexual marriage and in same-sex couples. Abuse can occur during a relationship when the couple breaks or after the relationship ended. The key elements of domestic violence includes intimidation, to humiliate the other person and physical injury.
Domestic violence is not a reason to lose control, he is deliberately trying to control another person. The attacker is deliberately using verbal, nonverbal or physical take control of another person.
Physical abuse of a spouse or intimate partner: Physical abuse is the use of physical force against another person in a manner that ultimately harm the person or puts the individual at risk of being hurt. Physical assaults from physical restraint to murder. When someone talks about domestic violence, they are often referred to physical violence by a spouse or intimate partner.
Physical violence includes pushing, throwing, hitting, slapping, grabbing, hitting, punching, hitting, tripping, hitting, bruising, choking, shaking, pinching, biting, holding, holding, containment, broken bones, assault with a weapon like a knife or gun, burns and even murder.
Abuse of emotional or verbal abuse of a spouse or intimate partner: mental, psychological or emotional can be verbal or nonverbal. Verbal or nonverbal of a spouse or intimate partner consists of more subtle actions or behaviors of physical violence. While physical abuse might seem worse, the scars of verbal and emotional abuse are deep. Studies show that verbal or nonverbal can be much more emotionally damaging than physical violence.
Verbal or nonverbal of a spouse or intimate partner may include the following:
aec threaten or intimidate to gain compliance
aec destruction of personal property of the victim and property or threats to do
aec violence to an object (like a wall or cabinet) or an animal, in the presence of intention
victim as a means of instilling fear of further violence
aec crying or screaming
aec insults
aec Constant harassment
aec embarrassing, making fun of mocking the victim, either alone, in the household, in public or
front of family or friends
aec criticize or diminish th.
Posted on January 4, 2010.