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    used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. The abuse can be physical, sexual and emotional. Domestic violence is being a behavior problem which is used to establish power and control over another person through fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use of violence. Domestic violence is not a new phenomenon in the past women were used to punish be. However, different types of feathers were compared to today. Decades ago, domestic violence was often seen as a

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    Cartiana Auguste Everglades University Prof. Mark ENC2102 500 Words Big Paper August 22, 2015   Abusive relationships are very dangerous, yet very common. Many

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    Every minute, twenty people are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. According to the Natural Coalition of Domestic Violence, after one year more than ten million men and women become a victim of domestic violence. Every year someone new becomes a victim. Every year someone gets physically harmed or even death. Every year someone finds freedom from domestic violence. Domestic violence is an act which one individual purposely harms another, usually someone they are close

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    of someone in an unhealthy or violent relationship, you may be the first person to recognize that the person is not safe. Abusive or coercive behaviors may include, but are by no means limited to, physical assaults, verbal assaults, threats, intimidation, use of weapons, isolation, destruction of property, violence toward other significant people (including children) or pets, sexual manipulation, control over economic

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    Each day, the statistics on domestic violence get more and more horrifying. A woman is beaten every 15 seconds, 22 to 35 percent of emergency room visits from women are because of ongoing partner abuse, 1 in 4 pregnant women have a history of partner violence, and 63 percent of young men between the ages of 11 and 20 are in jail for murdering their mothers abuser. Also domestic violence is the leading cause of injuries to women between 15 and 44. All these statistics prove that domestic violence

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    to gain the respect and compliance from the less dominant members, such as children. The abuser then aims to gain control of the way the family members think and feel. The abuser turns to intimidation, coercion and economic abuse to keep control. The victims, often the children, learn to respond to the intimidation through withdrawal from the family dynamic. This results in a child’s development. The theories explained above influence the thoughts and opinions of domestic violence. The approach to

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    Philosophy of Classroom Discipline “Power is exercised only over free subjects, and only insofar as they are free. By this we mean individual or collective subjects who are faced with a field of possibilities in which several ways of behaving, several reactions and diverse compartments may be realized.” (Foucault) Foucault and Heidegger, modern philosophers, both describe power in these terms, as the facility to manipulate an object without force. Understanding this point of view is important

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    another person to obtain power and control over the other party in a relationship. Domestic violence takes many forms such as physical violence which includes kicking, hitting, shoving and restraining. Verbal and physical threats of sexual abuse, intimidation and emotional abuse are aspects of domestic abuse. Criminal justification of domestic violence varies between different states such that

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    Domestic violence is a serious public concern that affects one-in-three women at some point in their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Escalating strategies to decode are beguile, isolation, and deliberate physical injury to seek maintenance of total control over you. An absolute outcome may follow with homicide or, “long-term stalking; denial of financial resources; and manipulation of the family court system to terrify the victim and her children, who

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    The domestic violence on the elderly is similar to the abuse of other victims of domestic violence. Abusers control their victims through intimidation, isolation, threats and violence. For the older victims, abuse can be made worse by age, poor health and other age-related needs. Working in the healthcare field you hear a lot about this and pray you never see an elderly person that is being abused

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