Domestic Violence

• Yearnshire


  On average, a woman suffers 35 assaults before making a report (1997)
• Cheal


  State agencies/police assume that family is private and that individuals are free to leave
• Dar


  It is difficult to count and identify separate cases/incidents of abuse
• Wilkinson & Pickett


  Domestic violence is a result of stress caused by social inequality. It occurs more in lower income families
• Ansley


  Wives are 'takers of shit' which increases the likelihood of domestic violence against them