Duluth Model

The question that I will ask during this research proposal is: Is the Duluth Method of Batterer Intervention Prevention Programs an effective treatment program for the Latino population? The answer this this questions will help shape standards as to effective treatment options for Latino clients attending BIPP, such as using a strength based approached to keep them engaged, instead of receiving the same treatment as other clients. At the end of this study I intend to observe if Batterer Intervention Programs are effective treatment options for perpetrators of domestic violence. If this is not an effective method of treatment, then alternatives will be considered to see how effective they have been at

The Duluth model helps the community to get involve to ending violence against women and their children. This program allows women to have a voice and keep them safe that experience battering from their partner. This program offers a nonviolence course to help abusive men to learn about domestic violence. The Duluth model help agencies from 911 to the court to work together for women that are a victim of violence, by creating policies. Accordingly to research, using a Duluth Model 68% of offenders said nonviolence courses for abused men do not return to the system in eight years. This means the Duluth model is a significant program.

The Hispanic/Latin American population of the U.S. has been growing steadily over the last four decades (Casas, Vasquez, & Ruiz de Esparza, 2002 retrieved from Alvarez) and recent census statistics indicate that 42.7 million Americans identify themselves as Hispanic (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2006 retrieved from Alvarez). The Hispanic population is expected to continue to grow and expand. Hispanic living in the United States face many challenges and social injustice. When facing challenges and social injustices people tend to handle those stressors in different ways. For some people partaking in substance and alcohol abuse has become a coping trend in America. “Substance abuse prevalence rates for Latinos/as generally mirror those of the

Relational – Cultural Theory (RCT) began as a feminist perspective that allowed psychologists a more appropriate measure of women’s experiences in terms of relationships that were not created by and for other male researchers. The inception of this theoretical perspective originates from the recognition that most research and consequent response considers the male as the norm and makes assumptions about the experience of women based on that norm that may not give a correct account of the female experience. This standpoint, however, has evolved and “may also include a better understanding of male growth and development” (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2012, p. 125). It allows for a greater understanding and ability to serve those who experience any number of situations and circumstances during the life course. Robbins et al. explain, “it has expanded to better account for all human experience, both male and female” and connects the individual problem to the greater social world; that is, it looks at the individual relationships and consequent suffering within the context of the greater culture (2012, p. 125).

Other comparisons include the rate of physical abuse, emotional abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse, excessive discipline, and drug use. Latino immigrants were three times as likely to be victims of physical abuse than U.S. born Latino children (75.7% vs. 27.8%) while on the other hand, U.S. born Latino/as were significant more likely to be victims of emotional abuse than Latino immigrants (24.2% vs. 0.2%) (Dettlaff & Johnson, 2011). In terms of domestic violence, U.S. born Latino/as were five times more likely to experience it than Latino immigrants (12.8% vs. 2.3%) (Dettlaff & Johnson, 2011). U.S. born Latino families were more likely to be present in alcohol (15.8% vs. 1.4%) and drug abuse (8.7% vs. 0.3%), and Latino immigrants were three times more likely to be identified as using excessive discipline (46.5% vs. 14.3%) (Dettlaff & Johnson, 2011). Although these statistics provides us a better understanding of the differences between the immigrant

According to data from the 2006 National Survey on the Dynamics of Household Relationships (Encuesta Nacional sobre la Dinámica de las Relaciones en los Hogares,ENDIREH), 10.72 % of Mexican women who are currently married, cohabiting, separated, or divorced have been subject- ed to sexual intimate partner violence (IPV), and 23.72 % have experienced physical violence at the hands of their cur- rent or previous partner….[However], women’s reactions and strategies for seeking help (or not) from public institutions and social networks have not received the same degree of attention” (Frías and Carolina Agoff, 2015).

In the books The Big Sleep and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both authors, Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep) and Simon Armitage (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), create the protagonist of each story into archetypal knights. The protagonist of The Big Sleep is named Phillip Marlowe and in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the protagonist is named Sir Gawain. The 3 knightly qualities that we will be focusing on in this essay are self-sacrifice, loyalty and courage. These qualities are displayed throughout each story in different and similar ways throughout each book.

“In general, the results from the current study suggest that only three of the independent variables are significantly related to attitudes toward violence: social capital, machismo (male superiority), and perceptions of treatment of Latinos by U.S. non-Latinos...the findings of this research demonstrate that factors that influence Latino attitudes toward violence may be unique from predictor variables that in the past have been used to explain maladaptive assimilation outcomes. The assimilation experience of contemporary Latinos in the United States, although similar to that of previous generations, is unique and seemingly more complex. Researchers must give consideration to the widespread negative sentiments toward undocumented immigrants in the Latino Attitudes Toward Violence 155 United States and how an inhospitable

Only free full text articles were utilized for the analysis with date periods 2000-2017, and receiving a total of 36 article hits. In addition, two other internet searches were used with the same key words, and then filtered to “acculturation”, “race/ethnicity discrimination”, “mental health” and “Latino youth” as keywords. The search engines used were Google Scholar, and Ebscohost receiving 30,000 hits from Google Scholar and 32 hits from Ebscohost. From the list of articles, only the top 25 from each search engine were reviewed for accuracy and relevance. The articles used for this study were reviewed, and analyzed by using first author’s last name and date, topic, sample size, purpose of study, and main

Family life is important to Latino family interests are valued over individual well-being (Latinos, 2014). The structure of the Latino family tends to be patriarchal with great power and responsibility vested in the male head of household. The family is viewed as the focal point of mutual aid in the Latino community, based on the cultural norm of personalismo and the non-familial organizations are not generally trusted. Latinos depend more on the family for services, emotional support and advice than they do professionals. In the Latino culture, la familia (the family) and interdependence among its members are highly valued (Appleby, G.A., Colon, E., & Hamilton, J., 2011).

Argued in Eckert and McConnell-Ginet (2003:15), living up to our gender is learning through a life-long process of socialization. Further supported in Kulick and Schieffelin (2006:352), one’s gender emerges over a lifetime through interactive process in which one accepts, rejects, or modifies the cultural and gender norms they are socialized in. These two arguments supported the idea of this essay’s research question in which cultural and social factors do contribute to gendering an individual, and in turn implicating the creation of a boundary that exclude transgenders from the society.

In a research study conducted by Fontes et., al (2012) Latino and African American groups were separated and asked questions about child sexual abuse. They found that Latina women, especially the Spanish speaking Latinas appeared guarded in their responses and physically tense during the entire discussion around the topic of sexual abuse. They were observed clutching their purses. The explanations provided state that the women could have been less acculturated and could have been contained by cultural taboos

Partner abuse treatment programs were created to educate and provide prevention and intervention information for men and women who batter. In addition, they provide a comprehensive approach to the physical and mental health needs of those who abuse (Conklin, 2004). Statistics show that African Americans have a lower domestic enrollment and completion rate in these types of programs than their White counterparts. This is because most treatment programs are not culturally specific. The approach followed by most domestic violence treatment centers can best be described by the public health model.

The mother’s body sustains the heart of its unborn child; that in itself is poetic. The cardiovascular system is the first (dual) system to form during pregnancy. The heart and a nascent circulatory system will form during the first few weeks of gestation. Between the 4th and 5th week of gestation the heart is now beating at a sturdy pace and blood flow has begun in the main vessels. By week ten of a pregnancy, the heart has fully formed, with two atria, two ventricles, and two blood vessels to carry blood from the heart, the aorta, and pulmonary artery. Circulation differs between babies and fetuses, because a fetus is incapable of using its lungs to breathe. A majority of fetal blood does not pass through the lungs but rather pushed through

In this paper I will apply the conflict theory on social inequality in genders. Social isseus starts from fundamental problems inside society and it reflects inequality as a result. Disparities between the sexual orientations constitute a different measurement of imbalance and a pervasive rule for circulation of life chances which can't be credited to a solitary cause. Two spaces are of remarkable significance: the job framework and family life. The other focal part of disparities between the sexes concerns the part in the family or in the gang. Autonomous from their utilized position, ladies are a great deal more responsible for family and housework than men. The division of work in the family makes ladies in charge of youngsters and, notwithstanding