Domestic Violence

• Dobash and Dobash (2007)


  Looked into Scottish police and court records and interviewed women in woman's refugee camps. Wives were slapped, pushed, beaten, raped, or killed by their husbands. Men dominate through domestic abuse.
• Yearshire


  Average women suffers 35 assaults before reporting.

  Though statistics aren’t fully true.
• Elliot (1996)


  Not all men are aggressive and most are opposed to domestic violence.
• Cheal


  Police see it as a private matter.
• Reported trends


  Most victims are women. 99% of all incidents against women are committed by men. Nearly 1 in 4 women have been assaulted by a partner at some point and 1 in 8 repreatedly.