Domestic Violence: The Other Side of the River

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Schafer ◽  
Grace Coleman ◽  
Jerry Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
The Other

Silent Victims Revisited: The Special Case of Domestic Violence

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-513
Author(s):  
Barry Zuckerman ◽  
Marilyn Augustyn ◽  
Betsy McAlister Groves ◽  
Steven Parker
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
The Other ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Witness Violence ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Special Case ◽  
At Home

In a commentary published previously, we communicated our concern regarding the plight of children who witness violence.1 Research suggests that children who witness violence suffer significant psychologic and behavioral problems that interfere with their ability to function in school, at home, and with peers. The primary focus of that commentary was children who witnessed community violence. Our ongoing clinical experience, heightened by media attention on domestic violence, including the O.J. Simpson case, leads us to revisit silent victims with a sole focus on those children who witness domestic violence. Domestic violence is a particularly devastating event for a child who, in the presence of danger, typically turns to a parent for protection and for whom there is no comfort or security if one parent is the perpetrator of violence, and the other is a terrified victim.

scholarly journals Stalking: Notion, characteristics and social responses

Temida ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic ◽  
Marina Kovacevic-Lepojevic
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Responses ◽  
Legal Reforms ◽  
Workplace Abuse ◽  
Everyday Talk ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The World

In the last two decades stalking phenomenon is recognized and actualized in the world in professional, scientific circles, in media and the everyday talk. Recently, stalking is identified as specific and complex problem studied separately from domestic violence, workplace abuse, sexual harassment, threats, following, homicide, voyeurism and the other phenomenon to which stalking may or not be related. This paper is aimed to determine the notion of stalking and its relationship with similar phenomena, to review the research about the prevalence and nature of stalking, as well as to review the measures for its prevention, supporting victims and prosecution of offenders. Finally, the paper intend to contribute toward initiation of research and legal reforms regarding stalking victimisation in Serbia.

Domestic Violence Reported to the Police: Correlates of Victims’ Reporting Behavior and Support to Legal Proceedings

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 402-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rémi Boivin ◽  
Chloé Leclerc
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
The Other ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Initial Report ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
History Of

This article analyzes reported incidents of domestic violence according to the source of the complaint and whether the victim initially supported judicial action against the offender. Almost three quarters of incidents studied were reported by the victim (72%), and a little more than half of victims initially wanted to press charges (55%). Using multinomial logistic regression models, situational and individual factors are used to distinguish 4 incident profiles. Incidents in which the victim made the initial report to the police and wished to press charges are the most distinct and involve partners who were already separated at the time of the incident or had a history of domestic violence. The other profiles also show important differences.

scholarly journals Dilemmas about the scope of the Act on Prevention of Domestic Violence from a human rights perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (4/2019) ◽  
pp. 193-206
Author(s):  
Darko Simović
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Other ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One

The adoption of the Act on Prevention of Domestic Violence was driven by the creation of a more effective legal framework for the protection of victims of domestic violence, and, therefore, also by the alignment of the legal system of the Republic of Serbia with international obligations. The main novelties include multi-sectoral cooperation and primarily preventive nature of the law. However, from its very adoption, it has been pointed to its noticeably repressive character, as well as to provisions with potentially harmful impacts. Hence, this paper represents a contribution to the discussion on the importance and scope of the solutions provided for in the Act on Prevention of Domestic Violence. On the one hand, it points to major novelties intended to contribute to a more effective prevention of domestic violence. On the other hand, it questions the constitutionality and appropriateness of some of the legal solutions, arguing that, in particular respects, the lawmaker had to use a wiser and more subtle approach to conceptualising the provisions of this law.

To Support and Defend

2019 ◽  
pp. 152-187
Author(s):  
Juliane Hammer
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Religious Convictions ◽  
The One ◽  
Muslim Communities

This chapter highlights Muslim service providers of many kinds and the organizations in which they work. Muslim service providers, in different ways from advocates and community leaders, not only are at the front lines of the struggle against domestic violence (DV) in Muslim communities but also most directly and persistently interact with the mainstream DV landscape/movement. Service providers are at risk themselves in more acute ways as their direct contact with victims and survivors can also become contact with perpetrators who are a threat not only to DV victims but also to anyone who supports those victims. The chapter then explores the significance of their religious convictions and identities for the work they perform and for the ways in which they relate to their clients on the one hand and to “the system” on the other. It also sketches the landscape of Muslim DV services and offers some insights into the specific challenges this work entails.

scholarly journals SINKRONISASI DAN DIFERENSIASI PUTUSAN HAKIM DALAM PENYELESAIAN KASUS-KASUS KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tjokorda Istri Putra Astiti
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
The Other ◽  
Court Decision ◽  
District Court ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
High Court ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
And Gender

This study specifically aims to assess synchronization and differentiation between the judge's decision, both horizontally and vertically, especially with regard todomestic violence cases. In addition, this study also intends to study about rule  whichare  applied by the Judges on the cases, and  reveal whether the  decision  under reviewreflects the gender justice This research is a legal normative research using case approach which wasexamined by studying the Judge’s decision in concrete cases, especially with regard todomestic violence. The number of decisions that were examined are six decisions whichconsists of three decisions of the District Court (Pengadilan Negeri) and  threedecisions  of the High Court (Pengadilan Tinggi). The decisions are determined bypurposive sampling.  Based on the analysis of the six decisions mentioned above ,  can be concludedas following:1)  The rule applied by the judge in hanling the concrete cases  regarding domestic violence particularly violence against women is on the Domestic Violence Act ( ActNo. 23/2004 ) with the application of a kind of sanction of imprisonment rangingfrom 1-3 months, that varied there the defendant was arrested some are droppedwith conditional (pidana bersyarat) (not being held prisoner) 2)  Among the three decisions of the District Court and the three decitions of the HighCourt which have analysed,  in one hand show synchronization and the other hand show differentiation.  In this case, synchronization and differentiation  can be seen vertically (between the District Court and the High Court decision), andhorizontally (between the District Court to each other) or between the decision ofthe High Court to each other).  3)  That the decision of the District and the High Court,  either have reflected gendersensitively and gender equity.

Violância Familiar em Gêneros Literários e não Literários

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 286
Author(s):  
Jaime André Klein ◽  
Angela De Fátima Langa ◽  
Patrícia Luísa Klein Santos
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Flash Fiction ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
Keywords Domestic Violence

Este artigo analisa a temática da violência familiar. Busca-se investigar, por meio da linha americana de comparatismo como método de análise e também utilizando noções de intertextualidade, de que forma a violência familiar é abordada em dois gêneros literários, um miniconto e umromance, e em dois gêneros não literários, duas charges. Pretende-se averiguar a intencionalidade desses objetos para com o leitor: chocar,fazer refletir, criticar ou sensibilizar. Tem-se como objetos de estudo um miniconto, de Flora Medeiros, o romance “Becos da Memória”,de Conceição Evaristo, e duas charges, uma de Janilton Nunes e outra de Arionauro da Silva Santos. Por meio do estudo realizado pode-se perceber que os agressores, geralmente, são os pais, cuja função seria garantir a segurança e a afetividade dos seus filhos. Ademais, destaca-se que a temática da violência está presente no cotidiano e na constituição da sociedade brasileira. Palavras-chave: Violência Familiar. Literatura. Gêneros Literários. Gêneros não-Literários. Intertextualidade. AbstractThis article examines the topic of family violence. The aim is to investigate, through the Comparatism American line as an analysis method and also using notions of Intertextuality, how the domestic violence is approached in two literary genres, a Flash fiction and a novel, and in two genres, non-literary, two chargers. The aim is to ascertain the intention of those objects to the reader: to shock, to make them reflect, criticize or raise awareness. It has as study objects a Flash fiction, byFlora Medeiros, the novel “Becos da Memória”, , by Conceição Evaristo, and two charges, one by Nandi and Janilton Nunes and the other by Arionauro da Silva Santos . Through the study carried out it is possible to realize that the attackers are usually the parents, whose function would be to ensure their children’s safety and the affection. Furthermore, the topic of violence is present in daily life and in the constitution of the brazilian society. Keywords: Domestic Violence. Literature. Literary Genres. Non Literary Genres. Intertextuality.

scholarly journals RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SEBAGAI MEKANISME PENYELESAIAN TINDAK PIDANA KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Andro Giovani Ginting ◽  
Vici Utomo Simatupang ◽  
Sonya Arini Batubara
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
The Other ◽  
Criminal Sanction ◽  
Sense Of Justice

There are many domestic violence settlements that do not satisfy the sense of justice, especially for the victims and subordinates in household. The result of this dissertation showed: first, the settlement of domestic violence in fact was settled by Act No. 23 of 2004 as lex specialis. The setlements of domestic violence cases based on that rule, empirically emphasized more on the criminal sanction, so that the purpose of preventive, protective and consolidative was not fulfilled. Second, the research concluded that domestic violence was a case with multidimensional settlement because there was the scope of the civil and criminal sphere on the other side. Therefore, it needed a medium in the system that could accommodate the completion of the case, one of which was restorative justice approach.

scholarly journals A Stitch in Time? Craftivism, Connection and Community in the Time of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-329
Author(s):  
Nikki Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Democratic Practice ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

The Centre of Democracy's mission is to share stories about democracy and democratic practice in South Australia, and to motivate and support individuals and communities to play an active role in changemaking. The second of these aims was central to a public engagement project entitled Stitch & Resist which we began developing in late 2019. In March 2020, just days before we were due to launch the project, COVID-19 hit. CoD, along with the other museums run by the History Trust of South Australia, was closed, all public events were cancelled, and we suddenly started to talk about ‘pivoting’ – what it meant and what it might look like in practice. How, we wondered, could CoD remain relevant and useful during lockdown? How might we facilitate discussions around some of the issues that the pandemic and the measures introduced to ‘flatten the curve’ were bringing to the fore: housing and homelessness, isolation, wellbeing, domestic violence, racism, inequality, to mention but a few? And how might we collect around and document what will undoubtedly prove to be a historically significant moment? Stitch & Resist has become a vehicle through which we have explored and responded to these questions and the challenges and opportunities that COVID-19 has engendered.

scholarly journals Abused Women's Perspectives on the Criminal Justice System's Response to Domestic Violence

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula C. Barata
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Subset ◽  
Abused Women ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Women’S Views

This study used Q methodology to better understand battered women's views about the criminal justice system (CJS). Fifty-eight abused and formerly abused women, representing a broad range of experiences, were involved in the study. Participants sorted 72 statements about domestic violence and the CJS according to how strongly they agreed with each one in relation to the other statements. A small subset of women was interviewed to help illuminate the emerging perspectives. Five perspectives that are new in both their complexity and in their substance were identified: (1) The CJS can be trusted; (2) The CJS has potential, but is ultimately disappointing to victims; (3) Victims should have input into the CJS and be sure they want to use it; (4) The CJS cannot protect women and can make matters worse; and (5) The CJS should be used for her safety, for his rehabilitation, and for justice despite its problems.

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