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A 3 Page overview of domestic abuse. This paper identifies the victims, perpetrators, and impacts of domestic violence. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the one hand there are men abusing women. On the other, there are women abusing men. By far the most innocent victims of domestic abuse, however, are the
children. Whether the children suffer directly (by being the actual target of the abuse) or indirectly (by simply being in a household that suffers from abuse), they face both
short-term and long-term impacts of a behavior that they cannot control. Adult victims suffer immeasurably from domestic abuse as well. These facts make domestic abuse one of the
most troubling problems of our society. According to U.S. Department of Justice (2005) statistics an estimated seventy-three percent of family violence victims are
women. Pregnant women, in particular, are likely to suffer abuse (U.S. Department of Justice, 2005). Indeed, murder is the second leading cause of death among expectant women.
Women too, however, can be abusers. Indeed, Denov (2004) reveals that many women are guilty of sexually abusing children. Many more abuse the men in their lives.
The long-term impacts of domestic abuse are substantial. Those impacts can vary somewhat, however, according to the specifics of the abuse. Denov
(2004), for example, reports that the long term impacts of sexual abuse in children include problems with "substance abuse, self injury, suicide, depression, rage, ruined relationships with women, self concept
and identity issues, and a discomfort with sex" (Denov, 2004, pg. 1137). Whether they are adults or children, individuals who endure domestic abuse adapt in a complexity of ways
to that abuse. One of the more interesting of those adaptations is what is referred to as Stockholm Syndrome, a behavior so named after it was observed among those
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