Domestic Violence
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ACA ESSAY 222
Mulroney and Chan (2005) state that, “Responding to domestic violence effectively requires an analysis of domestic violence that incorporates gender.” This essay will be looking at men as victims of DV, men who are either in a heterosexual or homosexual relationship. Today when DV is mentioned, the first reaction is that men are the perpetrators and their partners the victims. however according to
t women accounted for 7% of all convictions for domestic violence last year will come as a surprise to many. But what is not clear is whether the growing numbers of women convicted – a 150% increase in five years – represents a rise in actual cases of female-perpetrated domestic violence.
Research by Crick, Casas, & Nelson, (2002) during the last decade suggests that girls are just as likely as boys to be aggressive with one another, but girls are more likely to use their social intelligence to manipulate their relationships or damage the reputation of others, whereas boys are more likely to resort to physical aggression.
Much data have been collected that confirms that women, in the overwhelming majority of cases, are the victims of violence from a partner (Egger 1995). An emerging question raised within the field is, “What about the men who are also victims of domestic violence?” To date there is little statistical data recording men as victims, either within Australia or overseas. This paper examines the available data about male victims o
Crick, N. R., Casas, J. F., Nelson, D. A. (2002). Towards a more comprehensive understanding of peer maltreatment. Studies of relational victimization. Current Direction in Psychological Science.
Graham-Kevan, N. (2011). The invisible domestic violence – against men. The Guardian, UK.