1. Domestic Violence
By: Melissa and Liz

2. Definition: “Domestic violence is a pattern of • Domestic Violence is:
assaultive and coercive behaviors, including • Pattern of behaviors that are assaultive
physical, sexual, and psychological attacks, as and forced
well as economic coercion, that adults or
adolescents use against their intimate partner” • The perpetrator uses a arrangement of
(Domestic Abuse Shelter). physical force and terror that produces
The legal definition according to the Florida physical and psychological detriment
Statue 741.28: “any assault, aggravated assault, to the victim and children.
battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, • The pattern used by the perpetrator on
sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, the victim is decisive and their
kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal
offense resulting in physical injury or death of a
objective of attaining control and
family or household member” (“Florida -Illustration.jpgmpliance is frequently
statutes,” 2012). successful.
Two types of domestic violence:
1.) Situational couple violence: “kind of conflict
and usually involves the less serious kinds of
aggression’ (Cherlin, 2010).
2.) Intimate terrorism: “ family violence,
involves a pattern of violence such as repeated
beatings, and causes injuries” (Cherlin, 2010).
Definition of DV & What It Is:

3. • Federal Laws regarding domestic violence:
Federal Laws & FL Statutes:
• 1.) Domestic Violence Prevention Act of 1985- authorizes
funding for state DV organizations, shelters, & hotlines for
women in abusive situations.
• 2.) Violence Against Women Act of 1994- this legislation makes
enables the law to punish abusers while safeguarding women
(women's right to be protected)
Florida Statutes regarding domestic violence:
741.283- Minimum term of imprisonment- 5 days, the court can still
sentence person additional incarceration
741.32- Certification of batterers intervention program
784.046- Action by victim of repeat violence/ sexual/ dating for
protective injunction- the abuser will be held in custody and
serves a minimum term of imprisonment until their first
appearance in court.

4. Intimate partner violence made up 20% of all non-fatal crimes
experienced by woman in 2001. In the last 25 years 57,000 individuals
have been killed in a domestic violence situation (U.S Department of
Justice, Bureau of Justice Statics).
“79% of domestic violence victims were female with a mean age of 33,
79% of the perpetrators were male with a mean age of 34. 38% of the
victims were African American, 40% of the events the victim and
perpetrator were married and 69% of these couples had prior history of
domestic violence. In 44% of the events children were present”
(Fantuzzo, 335).
“Same-sex domestic violence and opposite-sex domestic violence have
roughly equivalent frequency rate”(Tesch, 2010)
Statistics:

5. • Injuries and excuses
• Absences from work or school
• Low self-esteem
• Accusations of having an affair
• Personality changes
• Fear of conflict
• Not knowing what one wants or how they feel
• Blaming others for everything
• Self blame
• Aggressive or care-taking behavior in children
• (Domestic violence warning)
Warning Signs:

6. Characteristics of batterers:
Characteristics of DV:
• Batters are experts of deceit, they
•“Constant criticism & belittling
very rarely show their violent side
comments
to anyone but the victims.
•Verbal abuse and threats
• They have a winners personality
and are well liked in the •Isolation & control of contact with
family & friends
community but their public and
personal behavior is immensely •Restrictions on entry/ exit from home
different. •Intimidation
• Traits they commonly have are: •Controlling & coercive behavior
• Low self-esteem •Denial of privacy
• Intense insecurity and inability •Control of finances
to trust others •Destruction of personal and valued
• Denial of fault of their property & possessions” (Evans, 5).
behavior
Characteristics of Batterers/DV:

7. • “While most domestic violence relationships
involving violence include some type of cycle,
not all violent relationships go through each
phase. Some batterers never express any remorse
for their actions and continue to use threats and
intimidation to discourage the victim. Most
domestic abuse cases follow a pattern
corresponding, in some way or another, to the
cycle of violence” (Marvin, 5).
Cycle of Violence:

9. • 1.) Tension building phase: longest phase, tension
intensifies between the couple. Excessive drinking
occurs, illness, jealousy which may lead to name calling,
hostility, and friction among the two.
• 2.) Acute-battering phase: explosion of violence has
occurred, the batterer lost control both physically and
emotionally. “Most batterers do not want to hurt their
partners but teach them a lesson and control them”
(Marvin, 4).
• 3.) Honeymoon phase: period of calm and loving
behavior by batterer. Batterer may be genuinely sorry and
batterers greatest fear is that the partner will leave them.
Phases of Cycle of Violence

10. Psychological: Physical:
• Abuser will not let the victim out • Centrally located injuries
of sight and answers all questions • Injuries usually covered by clothing
when at the doctor • Cigarette burns
• Victim may seem quiet and • Bite marks
passive or may show signs of
• Rope burns
depression, anxiety, chronic
fatigue, suicidal predispositions • Bruises
and battered woman syndrome. • Welts with the contour of a
• “Substance abuse is common for distinguishable weapon
the person who is enduring the
violence, may happen as a result
• Symptoms:
of the violent relationship rather • Headache
than being the cause of the • Neck & chest pain
violence” (Edwards, 2012). • Heart beating to fast
Signs & Symptoms: •
•
Choking sensation
Numbness & tingling
• Painful sexual intercourse

11. Heterosexual Homosexual
• Fear of the unknown woman who leave • The services are lacking because officers are
abusers have a 75% greater risk of getting abusive toward the community
killed then those who stay
• Clueless about the dynamics about same sex
• Children is the reason they stay because the relationship
abuser will threaten to take them if they
• When officers do take take the same sex
attempt to leave
calls they arrested the wrong person
• The abuser will promise it will never
• “many homosexual and bisexual men and
happen again
women will not report battering to
• Guilt: the wife wants to believe she is she authorities. The fear stems from either
and needs her help apprehension regarding re-victimization by
• Lack of self-esteem- wife thinks somehow police officers due to the sexual minority
she derives the abuse status or the possibility of having the sexual
• Love orientation exposed to the community”
• Sex role condition-sex role conditioning (Tesch, 2010)
women are still taught to be passive and
dependent upon men
• Economic dependence “The dynamics are the same in same sex
• Religious beliefs
• Stigma of a broken home relationships as with straight
• Things are so bad relationships” (Huwig, 2001).
• abuse of a child
• Questioning the relationship
• Fear of death

12. Woman's resources: Men's resources
• DV hotline= 800 799-SAFE • DV hotline= 800 799-SAFE
• National Coalition Against DV= • National Coalition Against DV=
303 839- 1852 303 839- 1852
• National Victim center= 800 FYI • National Victim center= 800 FYI
CALL CALL
• National victim assistance= 800 • National victim assistance= 800
TRY NOVA TRY NOVA
• Aid to victims of DV • Battered Husbands support
• FL Atlantic Univ. Victim • SAFE: stop abuse for everyone
Advocates • Ogeechee Judicial Circuit DV
• Legal Aid Society DV project shelter: for both men and women,
• Victim serviced men stay at a safe place at another
• YMCA Harmony House location in FL
Resources for Victims:

13. Tesch, B., Bekerian, D., English, P., & Harrington, E. (2010). Same-sex domestic
• violence: why victims are more at risk. International Journal Of Police Science
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• Fantuzzo, J., Fusco, R., Mohr, W., & Perry, M. (2007). Domestic Violence and
• Children’s Presence: A Population-based Study of Law Enforcement
• Surveillance of Domestic Violence. Journal Of Family Violence, 22(6), 331-340.
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