domestic violence

• Walby and Allen


  women more likely to be victims of multiple incidents of abuse or sexual violence
• Ansara and Hindin


  women suffered more serious violence and control with more serious psychological effects. women more likely to be afraid of their partners
• Dar


  difficult to count separate incidents as the abuse may be continuous or too often to reliably count
• Coleman


  women more likely to experience 'intimate abuse' over all 4 types: patner, family, sexual assult and stalking
• Yearnshire


  women suffer 35 assults before making a report
• Dar


  domestic violence is less reported as victims believe it is not to be a matter for police or are fearful of reprisals
• Women's Aid Federation


  domestic violence is between 1/6 and 1/4 of all recorded violent crime
• Coleman and osborne


  2 women a week (1/3 of all female homicide victims) are killed by a partner or former partner
• cheal


  police are reluctant to investigate as state agencies are not prepared to be involved within family life
• millet and firestone


  all societies founded on patriarchy. key division is between men and women - men are the enemy
• radical feminists


  see family and marriage as key institutions in society and main cause of women's oppression. therefore widespread domestic violence is inevitable within a patriarchal society as it serves to preserve the power that men have over women
• criticisms of radical feminists

  1. fails to explain female violence (abuse of children, male partners and in lesbian relationships)
  2. wrongly assume all women are at equal risk.
  3. fail to explain which are more likely to be victims - men or women
• office of National statistics

  women is some social groups are at greater risk: the young, those in the lowest classes and living in deprived areas, those in low-income or financial difficulties, those in shared or rented accommodation, those with long term illnesses or disabilities
• wilkinson and pickett


  see domestic violence as result of the stress of the family
• Ansley


  wives are 'takers of shit' and that domestic violence is a product of capitalism