CRIMINAL DOMESTIC CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCEVIOLENCE

Presented by Doris SamuelsPresented by Doris Samuels11/12/0211/12/02

SOCIOLOGY SOCIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR:O. HEYWARD INSTRUCTOR:O. HEYWARD

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TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS

WHAT IS DOMESTIC WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCEVIOLENCE

DIFFERENT TYPES DIFFERENT TYPES AND THEIR AND THEIR DEFINITIONSDEFINITIONS

HOW WE WILL VIEW HOW WE WILL VIEW IT (FROM WHAT IT (FROM WHAT PERSPECTIVE)PERSPECTIVE)

SIGNS OF A SIGNS OF A VIOLENT VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPRELATIONSHIP

MYTHS AND MYTHS AND ANSWERSANSWERS

EXAMPLES OF EXAMPLES OF C.D.V. CALLSC.D.V. CALLS

WHY WOMEN WHY WOMEN DON’T LEAVE.DON’T LEAVE.

WHAT SERVICES WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ARE AVAILABLE FOR VICTIMSFOR VICTIMS

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Domestic violence can be viewed Domestic violence can be viewed from many different perspectives, from many different perspectives, however from a professional point of however from a professional point of view it is viewed as a gender view it is viewed as a gender motivated crime with women usually motivated crime with women usually being the victim. From a being the victim. From a psychological perspective it can be psychological perspective it can be viewed as symbolic interactionist.viewed as symbolic interactionist.

Symbolic Interactionist Symbolic Interactionist

Symbolic interactionist analyze how Symbolic interactionist analyze how our behaviors depend on the way we our behaviors depend on the way we define ourselves and others. define ourselves and others.

Studies also show that most children Studies also show that most children growing up in an abusive household growing up in an abusive household are more likely to grow up and are more likely to grow up and become abusive as well.become abusive as well.

DefinitionsDefinitions

Criminal Domestic Violence: defined Criminal Domestic Violence: defined in South Carolina as causing physical in South Carolina as causing physical harm or injury to a person’s own harm or injury to a person’s own household member, or offering or household member, or offering or attempting to cause physical harm or attempting to cause physical harm or injury to one’s own household injury to one’s own household membermember

OTHER TYPES OF DOMESTIC OTHER TYPES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCEVIOLENCE

Battering: a pattern of violence Battering: a pattern of violence coercive behavior and threats that is coercive behavior and threats that is intended to control another person’s intended to control another person’s thoughts and conduct. This abuse thoughts and conduct. This abuse can be emotional, psychological, can be emotional, psychological, physical and /or sexual.physical and /or sexual.

STALKING: a pattern of words or STALKING: a pattern of words or conduct that is intended to cause the conduct that is intended to cause the targeted person to fear. targeted person to fear.

Different types of StalkersDifferent types of Stalkers

Love Obsession Stalker: develop a love Love Obsession Stalker: develop a love obsession or fixation on a person with obsession or fixation on a person with whom they have no personal whom they have no personal relationship.(L.O. S.) represent 20 to 25 relationship.(L.O. S.) represent 20 to 25 percent of all stalking cases.percent of all stalking cases.

Simple Obsession Stalkers: had a Simple Obsession Stalkers: had a personal or romantic relationship personal or romantic relationship before the stalking behavior began. before the stalking behavior began. (S.O.S.)represent 70-80% of all stalkers(S.O.S.)represent 70-80% of all stalkers

It continues….It continues….

Aggravated stalking: stalking Aggravated stalking: stalking accompanied by an act of violence.accompanied by an act of violence.

Pattern: two or more acts within a Pattern: two or more acts within a ninety-day period.ninety-day period.

Family :a spouse, child, parent , Family :a spouse, child, parent , sibling or a person who regularly sibling or a person who regularly resides in the same household as resides in the same household as the targeted person.the targeted person.

SIGNS OF A VIOLENT SIGNS OF A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPRELATIONSHIP

Does your partner:Does your partner: Act extremely jealous of Act extremely jealous of

others who pay attention others who pay attention to you ? Or use jealousy to you ? Or use jealousy to justify his/ her actions?to justify his/ her actions?

Control your finances, Control your finances, behavior and even whom behavior and even whom you socialize with?you socialize with?

Make you afraid by using Make you afraid by using looks, actions, and looks, actions, and gestures like smashing gestures like smashing things, destroying your things, destroying your property or displaying property or displaying weapons ?weapons ?

Threatens to kill you or Threatens to kill you or commit suicide?commit suicide?

Stop you from seeing or Stop you from seeing or talking to friends or family?talking to friends or family?

Puts you down in front of Puts you down in front of other people, humiliates other people, humiliates you ,plays mind games ?you ,plays mind games ?

Prevents you from getting Prevents you from getting or keeping a job?or keeping a job?

Takes your money or deny Takes your money or deny you access to the family you access to the family income ?income ?

More signs of a violent More signs of a violent relationshiprelationshipDo you…..Do you…..

Become quiet when he /she is around Become quiet when he /she is around and feel afraid of making him/ her and feel afraid of making him/ her angry ?angry ?

Cancel plans at the last minute ?Cancel plans at the last minute ?Stop seeing your friends and family Stop seeing your friends and family

members, becoming more and more members, becoming more and more isolated?isolated?

Find yourself explaining bruises to Find yourself explaining bruises to family or friends ?family or friends ?

Signs of an Emotionally abusive Signs of an Emotionally abusive relationship..relationship..

.. Does your partner:Does your partner: Call you names, Call you names,

insults you or insults you or continually criticizes continually criticizes youyou

Does not trust you Does not trust you and acts possessive or and acts possessive or jealous.jealous.

Tries to isolate you Tries to isolate you from family or friends.from family or friends.

Punishes you by Punishes you by withholding affectionwithholding affection

Expects you to ask Expects you to ask permission.permission.

Threatens to hurt you, Threatens to hurt you, the children , your the children , your family, or the family family, or the family pet.pet.

Monitors where you Monitors where you go, who you call or go, who you call or spend time with.spend time with.

Signs of a physically abusive Signs of a physically abusive relationshiprelationship

Has your partner Has your partner ever…ever…

Damaged property Damaged property when angry( punched when angry( punched walls, kicked walls, kicked doors,ect.)doors,ect.)

Pushed, slapped Pushed, slapped bitten, kicked or bitten, kicked or choked you.choked you.

Used a weapon to Used a weapon to threaten or hurt youthreaten or hurt you

Forced you to leave Forced you to leave your home.your home.

Trapped you in your Trapped you in your home or kept you home or kept you from leaving.from leaving.

Prevented you from Prevented you from getting medical help getting medical help or calling the police.or calling the police.

Hurt your childrenHurt your children Used physical force in Used physical force in

sexual situationsexual situation

Signs of a sexually abusive Signs of a sexually abusive relationshiprelationship

Views woman as Views woman as objects and believes in objects and believes in rigid gender roles.rigid gender roles.

Accuses you of Accuses you of cheating or is jealous cheating or is jealous of your outside of your outside relationshiprelationship

Wants you to dress in Wants you to dress in a sexual waya sexual way

Insults you in sexual Insults you in sexual ways or calls you ways or calls you sexual names.sexual names.

Has ever forced or Has ever forced or manipulated you manipulated you into having sex or into having sex or performing sexual performing sexual acts.acts.

Held you down Held you down during sexduring sex

Ignored your Ignored your feeling regarding feeling regarding sex.sex.

Myths about C.D.V.Myths about C.D.V.

Battered women are crazy.Battered women are crazy.

Fact : a woman's’ personality is not in question nor is Fact : a woman's’ personality is not in question nor is a person mental status justification for battering.a person mental status justification for battering.

Drinking causes battering behavior.Drinking causes battering behavior.

Fact: there seems to be a correlation between alcohol Fact: there seems to be a correlation between alcohol and battering. Although alcohol may increase the and battering. Although alcohol may increase the likelihood of violence, it does not excuse or cause it.likelihood of violence, it does not excuse or cause it.

The batterer is not a loving person.The batterer is not a loving person.

Fact : when these men are not coercive, they are Fact : when these men are not coercive, they are described as playful, attentive, sensitive and described as playful, attentive, sensitive and affectionate towards their partners.affectionate towards their partners.

More MythsMore Myths

Domestic violence is rare. Domestic violence is rare.

Fact: almost 4 million women a year are Fact: almost 4 million women a year are victims of severe assaults by boyfriends victims of severe assaults by boyfriends and husbands and one in four women is and husbands and one in four women is likely to be abused by a partner in her likely to be abused by a partner in her lifetime.lifetime.

Domestic Violence is not a problem in S.C.Domestic Violence is not a problem in S.C.

Fact: over 36,000 cases of C.D.V were Fact: over 36,000 cases of C.D.V were reported to S.L.E.D. in 1998.reported to S.L.E.D. in 1998.

Facts…Facts… Depression, hopelessness, and other forms of Depression, hopelessness, and other forms of

emotional distress in teenagers are strongly emotional distress in teenagers are strongly associated with exposure to domestic violence.associated with exposure to domestic violence.

Infants often fail to thrive. Children may exhibit bed Infants often fail to thrive. Children may exhibit bed wetting, sleep disorders, violence toward other wetting, sleep disorders, violence toward other children, stuttering and crying.children, stuttering and crying.

Children exposed to domestic violence have a Children exposed to domestic violence have a tendency to identify with the aggressor and to lose tendency to identify with the aggressor and to lose respect for the victim.respect for the victim.

Men who witness their fathers abuse their mothers Men who witness their fathers abuse their mothers are three times more likely to abuse their wives than are three times more likely to abuse their wives than men who have not been exposed to domestic men who have not been exposed to domestic violence.violence.

A women who witness her father batter her mother A women who witness her father batter her mother has a much greater likelihood of being a battered has a much greater likelihood of being a battered woman .woman .

Examples of C.D.V. Examples of C.D.V. A woman was shot in the head by A woman was shot in the head by

her husband while she slept with her husband while she slept with their infant daughter. He then their infant daughter. He then shot and killed himselfshot and killed himself

A husband twisted his wife’s arm A husband twisted his wife’s arm causing an open spiral fracture. causing an open spiral fracture. Two years later he broke six Two years later he broke six bones in her face.bones in her face.

A husband broke his wife’s jaw A husband broke his wife’s jaw and arm. And bruised her entire and arm. And bruised her entire body, After beating and body, After beating and threatening to kill her in front of threatening to kill her in front of their children. He then dumped their children. He then dumped her in front of the emergency her in front of the emergency room and drove off.room and drove off.

An elderly woman died of An elderly woman died of infectious bed sores caused by infectious bed sores caused by the intentional neglect of her the intentional neglect of her younger husband. She weighted younger husband. She weighted (65) lbs at her death.(65) lbs at her death.

A woman suffered third degree A woman suffered third degree burns on her stomach when burns on her stomach when her boyfriend help a hot iron to her boyfriend help a hot iron to her in front of her children.her in front of her children.

A husband severely beat his A husband severely beat his (20) yr old Hispanic wife, (20) yr old Hispanic wife, raped her with a pair of raped her with a pair of scissors and stabbed her in the scissors and stabbed her in the chest.chest.

A woman was shot in the face A woman was shot in the face with a 12 gauge shot gun by with a 12 gauge shot gun by her boyfriend at the plant her boyfriend at the plant where they both worked. He where they both worked. He then shot and killed himself.then shot and killed himself.

A husband crushed his deaf A husband crushed his deaf wife’s hearing aid and told her wife’s hearing aid and told her during the entire marriage that during the entire marriage that she was stupid. He sodomized she was stupid. He sodomized her and urinated on her during her and urinated on her during every sexual encounter.every sexual encounter.

And still there is more..And still there is more..

A husband raked the A husband raked the dirt front yard so he dirt front yard so he could tell if his wife could tell if his wife had left the house or if had left the house or if anyone had entered anyone had entered the yard while he was the yard while he was at work.at work.

A husband beat his A husband beat his immigrant wife and immigrant wife and threatened to have her threatened to have her and her son deported if and her son deported if she reported him to she reported him to the police.the police.

A woman was severely A woman was severely beaten in the head by beaten in the head by her boyfriend. She her boyfriend. She survived in the hospital survived in the hospital in a coma for several in a coma for several days but eventually days but eventually died as a result of the died as a result of the blunt traumablunt trauma

A South Carolina home A South Carolina home health nurse who was health nurse who was attempting to end their attempting to end their relationship was shot relationship was shot to death by her to death by her boyfriend.boyfriend.

Why battered women don’t Why battered women don’t leave when we think they leave when we think they

should.should. Economic dependence:Economic dependence: she may be economically she may be economically

depended on him and see depended on him and see no real alternativeno real alternative

Love :she feels she is the Love :she feels she is the only one who can help him only one who can help him overcome his problems.overcome his problems.

Fear :often she is so Fear :often she is so terrified that she will deny terrified that she will deny abuse when questioned.abuse when questioned.

Beliefs about marriage : Beliefs about marriage : she may believe that she may believe that battering is a part of every battering is a part of every marriage.marriage.

Her children : the batterer Her children : the batterer often threatens to seek often threatens to seek custody or withhold child custody or withhold child support if the victim gains support if the victim gains custody.custody.

Physical danger: the most Physical danger: the most dangerous time is when dangerous time is when the victim tries to leave. A the victim tries to leave. A plan of protection for the plan of protection for the victim and children is victim and children is needed prior to leaving.needed prior to leaving.

More reason why she stays.More reason why she stays.

Frequency and Frequency and Severity: he may Severity: he may convince her that convince her that this is the last this is the last time.time.

Isolation : after Isolation : after repeated efforts to repeated efforts to help her, friends help her, friends and relatives often and relatives often withdraw support, withdraw support, leaving the victim leaving the victim even more even more isolated.isolated.

There Is HelpThere Is Help

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And more help!!!!And more help!!!!

National Domestic National Domestic Violence Hotline @ 1-Violence Hotline @ 1-800-799-SAFE.800-799-SAFE.

SOUTH CAROLINAS SOUTH CAROLINAS VICTIM ASST. VICTIM ASST. NETWORK @803-750-NETWORK @803-750-1200.1200.

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DON’T BE A VICTIMDON’T BE A VICTIM

IF YOU KNOW SOME ONE WHO IS AIF YOU KNOW SOME ONE WHO IS A

VICTIM TO ANY OF THESE CRIMES, VICTIM TO ANY OF THESE CRIMES, DON’T JUST SIT BACK AND LET IT DON’T JUST SIT BACK AND LET IT HAPPEN . PUT A STOP TO IT AND HAPPEN . PUT A STOP TO IT AND SAVE A LIFE IF YOU CAN . THANK SAVE A LIFE IF YOU CAN . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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