Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Domestic violence
- Statistics
- 1 in 4 women
- 1 in 6 men
- Only 35% of
incidents are
reported
- On average a woman
suffers 35 assaults
before making a report
- Police and prosecutors
may be reluctant to record
- Family is private
- They neglect the
'darker' side of family
as it is generally good
- Victims have the power to leave
- The radical
feminist
explanation
- Men are the enemy
- they oppress and
exploit
- Family
and
marriage
are the key
institutions
in a
patriarchal
society
- Violence
against
women
maintains men
as power
holders
- Criticisms
- Elliott argues that
violence against
men is ignored
- Not all men are violent
- Groups at risk
- Children and
young people
- Lower classes
- Those with high
levels of alcohol
consumption or
drug use
- Wilkinson: domestic
violence, inequality
and stress
- Caused by social
inequality - families with
less money/resources
- Lower classes
experience
more stress
- Criticisms
- Doesn't explain why it's
mainly men against women