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Domestic Violence: Abuse Patterns, Effects, History, and Social Context

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Summary

Domestic violence is not limited to physical assaults. This lesson introduces the terms used to describe abuse in families and intimate relationships and explains the range of behaviors that can form a pattern of harm and control.

Domestic violence (DV) commonly refers to violence in a domestic setting, including a marriage or cohabiting relationship. Domestic abuse is often used more broadly to include non-physical abuse. Intimate partner violence (IPV) specifically concerns abuse by a current or former intimate partner; it may occur in married, cohabiting, or non-cohabiting relationships. A broader use of domestic violence can also include abuse among family members, such as children, siblings, or parents.

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Coercive control
A pattern of behavior that restricts another person's independence and choices.
Economic abuse
Restricting or exploiting someone's access to money, work, education, or assets.
Cycle of abuse
A model describing tension building, an abusive incident, reconciliation, and calm; it is not universal.
Secondary or vicarious trauma
Trauma-related effects that professionals may experience after repeated exposure to others' traumatic experiences.
Forced marriage
A marriage in which one or both people have not freely consented.

Quiz questions

  1. Which sequence matches Lenore E. Walker's cycle of abuse model?Answer: Tension building, incident, reconciliation, calm.
  2. How should risk factors such as stress or substance misuse be interpreted in relation to abuse?Answer: They may help explain context but do not excuse abuse or make it inevitable.
  3. What does the World Health Organization include in its understanding of abuse?Answer: Controlling behaviors, as well as other forms of abuse.
  4. What position did the 1993 United Nations guidance take on domestic violence?Answer: Countries should treat it as a criminal matter, not excuse it as private family life.

Based on the Wikipedia article Domestic violence, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.

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