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- 2. What is Domestic Violence Types of Abuse Who are Victims? Who are Abusers?
- 3. Violence…
- 4. Types of Abuse • Physical Abuse • Verbal Abuse • Sexual Abuse • Isolation
- 5. Types of Abuse • Coercion • Harassment • Economic Control • Abusing Trust
- 6. Types of Abuse • Threats and Intimidation • Emotional Withholding • Destruction of Property • Self-Destructive Behaviors
- 7. Who are the Victims? • 85% women who are abused by their husband or boyfriends. • Teenaged, pregnant and disabled women are especially at risk. • Men can be victims, too.
- 8. Children – Direct /Indirect Victims • Abused themselves • Forced to see parent abused • Threats of harm to them • View abuse as natural • Filled with tension and violence
- 9. Teenagers • Experience dating violence • May not seek help
- 10. LGBT Households May not seek help because •Don’t believe/know help is available •Fear mistreatment due to sexual orientation
- 11. Seniors/People with Disabilities • Abused by spouse/partner • Abused by children or caretaker • Physically unable to defend themselves • Physically unable to report abuse
- 12. Anyone can be a Victim…
- 13. Who are the Abusers? D e ny ab use Mak e lig of vi ht olen epi s t ode Blame victim
- 14. Abusers • Know what they’re doing • Know what they want from their victims • Not acting out of anger • Not only reacting to stress • Not because of drugs and alcohol
- 15. Abuse Is a Learned Behavior • Not a natural reaction to an outside event • Not normal to behave in a violent manner • Seeing abuse, often in the home • Reinforced when abusers are not held responsible for their acts
- 16. Abusers May Even… • Express remorse • Be hard workers • Be witty, charming, etc. • Be loving parents
- 18. Cycle of Violence A pologies Honeymoon Phase Gifts Promises
- 19. Cycle of Violence Tension-Building Phase
- 20. Cycle of Violence Abusive Incident
- 21. Domestic Violence in Maryland Facts and Statistics about Domestic Violence in Maryland From: http://mnadv.org/about-domestic-violence/domestic-violence-in-maryland/
- 22. MNADV • About the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence • Domestic Violence and Services in Maryland • Domestic Violence Shelters in Maryland • Funding in Maryland
- 23. Peace and Protective Order Statistics From the Maryland Judiciary Statistical Digest 2008-2009 2010 Annual Report: Crime Statistics
- 24. Domestic Violence-Related Crimes in MD Reported by the Maryland State Police Crime in Maryland: 2010 Uniform Crime Report The entire report of all reported Maryland crimes is available as a PDF here. Caution: this is an extremely large file.
- 25. Domestic Violence Services Provided National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) The latest report for Maryland is available as a PDF here.
- 26. Links to Services MNADV • What is Domestic Violence • Brochures • Children and Teens • Deaths in Maryland • Domestic Violence in Maryland • Domestic Violence in The United States • Health Care • Special Populations • Technology
- 27. Criminal and Family Law Links • Web links to your local State’s Attorney Office • Web links to your local police department or sheriff’s office • Family Services through Maryland’s Circuit Courts • Maryland Judiciary’s Domestic Relations Forms Page (information • The Women’s Law Center (WLC) of Maryland WLC’s Family Law Hotline: 1-800-845-8550 (Monday through Friday 9:30 am – 4:30 pm)
- 28. Domestic Violence-Related Deaths Deaths
- 29. Domestic Violence in the US Nearly 1 in 4 women and just over 1 in 10 men in the U.S. • Bureau of Justice Statistics • National and Statewide Data Resource Center
- 30. National Resources American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic Violence Batterer Intervention Services Coalition of Michigan Battered Women’s Justice Project Domestic Violence and Mental Health Policy Initiative (DVMHPI) Futures Without Violence National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCDSV) National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Family Violence Dept. National Resource Center on Domestic Violence National Organization for Women (NOW) National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) The Violence Against Women Office (OVW) Violence Against Women Onl
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- Click on the links to get more information on each topic.
- Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive behavior characterized by the domination and control of one person over another, usually an intimate partner, through physical, psychological, emotional, verbal, sexual, and/or economic abuse.
- Domestic violence can take different forms, but its purpose is always the same: Abuser want to control their domestic partners through fear. They do this by abusing them physically, sexually, psychologically, verbally, and economically. Physical Abuse: Hitting, Slapping, Kicking, Choking, Pushing, Punching, Beating Verbal Abuse: Constant criticism, Mocking, Making humiliating remarks, Yelling, Swearing, Name-calling, Interrupting Sexual Abuse: Forcing sex on an unwilling partner; Demanding sexual acts that the victim does not want to perform; Degrading treatment Isolation: Making it hard for the victim to see friends and relatives, Monitoring phone calls, Reading mail, Controlling where the victim goes, Taking the victim’s car keys, Destroying the victim’s passport
- Coercion: Making the victim feel guilty, Sulking, Manipulating children and other family members; Always insisting on being right; Making up impossible rules and punishing the victim for breaking them Harassment: Following or stalking, Embarrassing the victim in public, Constantly checking up on the victim, Refusing to leave when asked Economic Control: Not paying bills, Refusing to give the victim money, Not letting the victim work, Interfering with the victim’s job; Prohibiting the victim from going to school; Not allowing the victim to learn a job skill; Refusing to work and support the family Abusing Trust: Lying, Breaking promises, Withholding important information, Being unfaithful, Being overly jealous, Not sharing domestic responsibilities
- Threats and Intimidation: Threatening to harm the victim, the children, family members and pets, Using physical size to intimidate, Shouting, Keeping weapons and threatening to use them Emotional Withholding: Not expressing feelings, Not giving compliments, Not paying attention, Not respecting the victim’s feelings, rights and opinions, Not taking the victim’s concerns seriously Destruction of Property: Destroying furniture, Punching walls, Throwing or breaking things, Abusing pets Self-Destructive Behaviors: Abusing drugs or alcohol, Threatening self-harm or suicide, Driving recklessly, Deliberately doing things that will cause trouble
- Statistically, Most Victims Are Women. Men can be victims too. 85% of all domestic violence victims are women who are abused by their husbands or boyfriends. Teenaged, pregnant and disabled women are especially at risk. Even though most victims are women, men can be victims, too.
- Children Can Be Direct Or Indirect Victims They may be abused themselves. They may be forced to see their parent abused in front of them. The abuser may use threats to harm them as a means of controlling the victim. They grow up seeing abuse as the natural way for domestic partners to relate to each other. They grow up in an insecure environment filled with tension and violence.
- Teenagers Experience Dating Violence Teenagers are just as vulnerable to relationship violence and it is just as dangerous. Teenagers may not seek help because they distrust adults.
- Domestic Violence Can Also Occur In Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Households Gay, lesbian, and transgender relationships are not immune to the pattern of abusive and coercive behaviors that constitute domestic violence. Victims may not seek help because they don’t believe that help is available for same sex domestic abuse or because they fear they will be mistreated because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Seniors and People With Disabilities Can Be Victims They may be abused by their spouses or partners, adult children or caretakers. They may be physically unable to defend themselves or escape from the abuse. They may be physically or mentally unable to report the abuse to anyone.
- Studies have found no characteristic link between personality type and being a victim. Victims cannot stop the abuse by simply changing how they behave. Everyone deserves to be safe from domestic violence.
- Abusers Typically: Deny that the abuse has occurred or make light of a violent episode. Blame the victim, other people or outside events for the violent attack.
- Abusers Don’t Act Because They Are Out of Control Abusers choose to respond to a situation violently. They are making a decision to behave in a violent manner. They know what they’re doing and what they want from their victims. They are not acting purely out of anger. They are not only reacting to stress. They are not helplessly under the control of drugs and alcohol.
- Abuse Is a Learned Behavior It is not a natural reaction to an outside event. It is not normal to behave in a violent manner within a personal relationship. It may be learned from seeing abuse used as a successful tactic of control – often in the home in which the abuser grew up. It is reinforced when abusers are not arrested or prosecuted or otherwise held responsible for their acts.
- Abusers May Even: Express remorse and beg for forgiveness with seemingly loving gestures. Be hard workers and good providers. Be witty, charming, attractive and intelligent. At times, be loving parents.
- In many relationships where there is domestic violence, victims report that they experience a very distinct cycle of a loving relationship, a tense relationship, an abusive incident, and back to the loving relationship. While some victims report that the loving aspect of the relationship goes away over time and their relationship is a cycle of constant tension and abuse, others do not identify with the cycles at all. For many victims, the Cycle of Violence is used as a safety planning tool and as a way to understand the abuse that occurs in many victim’s relationships.
- Honeymoon Phase This is where the relationship begins. Violent relationships may begin very romantically. They are quick, intense and seductive. The victim frequently looks back at this happy, loving time, hoping that the abuse will end and that the relationship will be like it was at the beginning. This phase perpetuates the relationship. After violence occurs, this is a period of apologies, gifts, and promises that the abuse will never occur again and that the abuser will change. Both the victim and the abuser may minimize and rationalize the behavior and the seriousness of injuries. This can also be a time of renewed courtship, romance and sexual intimacy.
- Tension-Building Phase The tension-building phase may last a week, months, or even years. However, once the cycle of violence begins, it will usually occur more frequently. The tension-building phase is characterized by increased emotional abuse and a feeling of threat or intimidation. Victims feel tense and afraid and often describe it as walking on eggshells. Victims learn to recognize these signs and may try to avoid or deflect the abuser’s anger by becoming more compliant. Sometimes, they may even provoke the abuser in order to break the tension and get the abuse over with.
- Serious Battering Phase This phase is characterized by a violent episode that may involve physical and/or sexual abuse, property destruction, and heightened emotional abuse. Children and pets may also become victims. Initially, minimal levels of violence may be sufficient to frighten the victim. As time goes on, the abuser will usually use more severe forms of abuse to maintain control. In some instances, other methods of exercising power and control are so effective that physical abuse is unnecessary. In relationships where there is no physical abuse, victims may believe that they are not in abusive relationships.
- MNADV tracks domestic violence-related deaths in Maryland each year. From 1987 through 2010, over 1,500 men, women, and children in Maryland have died as a result of domestic violence. From July 2009 through June 2010, was the lowest year recorded, at 38 people who died. For more information about domestic violence-related deaths in Maryland, visit our page on Deaths in Maryland.
- MNADV has also developed several fact sheets about domestic violence in Maryland, which can be downloaded as PDFs: About the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence Domestic Violence and Services in Maryland Domestic Violence Shelters in Maryland Funding in Maryland
- The Maryland Judiciary periodically publishes information about peace and protective orders issued in Maryland. Here are the statistics most recently reported. While most protective orders are issued through District Court, Circuit Court also issues protective orders. Peace orders are only issued in District Court.
- The latest domestic violence statistics reported by the Maryland State Police is Crime in Maryland: 2010 Uniform Crime Report (UCR). This lengthy report contains a section on domestic violence, which we have extracted here for your convenience. Please keep in mind that these crimes are only the ones that were reported to police, and that many victims do not report crimes to the police. Also keep in mind that the numbers reported only include crimes reported by current or former spouses or cohabitating partners. These numbers do not include crimes reported by dating partners who do not live together.
- Each year, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) spearheads a national Domestic Violence Census, where local domestic violence programs across the nation participate in a one day snapshot of services they provide to domestic violence victims.
- Click on the link to see the images of graphs.
- Nearly 1 in 4 women and just over 1 in 10 men in the U.S. report experiencing violence by a current or former spouse or dating partner at some point in their life.(Center for Disease Control, 2008)