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A 10 page research paper, with footnotes, that discusses the problem of family violence. Spouse abuse is defined within the context of using intentional physical force or psychological abuse that is meant to "hurt or attempt to hurt" a spouse or partner. This examination of family violence will summarize various aspects of the complex topic, focusing primarily on partner and child abuse. In addition to giving a general overview of what experts believe to be the factor involved in perpetuating domestic violence, strategies for treatment and counseling will also be examined and summarized. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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various aspects of the complex topic, focusing primarily on partner and child abuse. In addition to giving a general overview of what experts believe to be the factor involved in
perpetuating domestic violence, strategies for treatment and counseling will also be examined and summarized. The incidence of domestic violence in the US Based on a naturally representative sample of
American families, it has been estimated that annually 16 out of every hundred American couples experience an incident spousal abuse.2 Furthermore, these incidents are often not simple assaults, such as
"slapping, pushing, shoving and throwing things," rather often involve more serious violence, such as "kicking, punching, biting, hitting with an object, beating up the other or using a knife or
gun."3 When incidence rates garnered from statistics are translated into national terms, it indicates that spousal abuse occurs in roughly 3 million American homes on an annual basis.4 This
means that the average person, who is in a long-standing relationship with another adult, has a much greater chance of being assault in their own home than on the street,
even with in a high incidence crime area. Cultural factors associated with the prevalence of domestic violence Cross-cultural studies in the US suggest that the "low status of women and
patriarchal norms" are both contribute to the prevalence of wise abuse.5 An interesting social factor is the statistical fact that the states that have the highest rates of wife abuse
are also the ones in which "legal, political, occupational, and educational status of women is high," but it is also prevalent in the states "where the patriarchal norms favoring
the subjugation" of women are also high."6 Murray Straus identifies one of the sociological cause for domestic violence in the cultural acceptance of corporal punishment as a preferred means
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