Intimate Partner Violence

In 2005, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that 1,181 females were killed by an intimate partner. That means everyday, 3 women are killed as a result of domestic violence. These overwhelming statistics also state that out of all the women murdered in the United States, one out of three of the murders are the direct result of an intimate partner. Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior that includes whether sexual, emotional or physically, that is imposed by a partner in an intimate relationship. This has been a major problem in the United States and for

Domestic violence exists everywhere and affects all people regardless of socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, sex, ethnicity, or religion. Most times physical violence is accompanied by emotional abuse and controlling behaviors. The result of domestic violence includes physical injury, psychological issues, and death. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) occurs in 1 of 4 women in the United States and can be correlated with a loss of emotional, social, physical and mental health. Intimate Partner Violence is an issue that does not receive a lot of recognition and is overlooked majority of the time. There is a lot of information on women in intimate partner violence relationships that explains how it affects women physically, mentally, and socially.

It is also known that domestic violence usually increases in frequency and intensity. Research has shown that about 2 to 4 million women will experience some kind of domestic violence each year in the United States, and about 23% to 34% of women will experience domestic violence in their lifetimes. This aggression towards women results in physical injuries, physical health problems, psychological disturbance, and, in some cases, death.

The warning signs of domestic violence are physical, sexual, emotional, and economic. When people talk about domestic violence, they are often referring to the physical abuse of a spouse or intimate partner. Physical abuse is the use of physical force against someone in a way that injures or endangers the other person. Physical assault or battery is a crime. Many of the victims are hesitant to report this crime because of intimation and threats by the abuser. Then, sexual abuse is a form of physical abuse. This is any situation in which a person is forced to have unwanted, unsafe, or degrading sexual activity. Forced sex, even by a spouse or intimate partner,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.) defines intimate partner violence (IPV) as a “serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d., p. 1). Through the group discussions we have had in class I have learned that IPV is not a “one fit all” approach, the violence occurs in different levels of severity and frequency. There are four

2014). Physical violence is often looked at on a spectrum of severity. The less severe instances include experiences of being slapped, pushed, kicked, or shoved by a partner; Breiding and colleagues report more severe instances as “being hurt by pulling hair, being hit with something hard, being kicked, being slammed against something, attempts to hurt by choking or suffocating, being beaten, being burned on purpose, and having a partner use a knife or gun against the victim”

While women are often the victims of intimate partner abuse, the CDC survey found that men are increasingly reporting abuse (Degutis, Frieden, & Spivak, 2010). Approximately 11.2 million men have reported physical or sexual abuse, rape or stalking by a domestic partner (Degutis, Frieden, & Spivak, 2010).

There are many different terms to describe the physical, mental, and emotional abuse that can occur between couples. Some of the common terms include family violence, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, and etc. Regardless of what it is referred to as, intimate partner violence is defined and characterized as “the physical, psychological, and sexual violence perpetrated by individuals in a present or past relationships” (Bartol & Bartol, 2010, p. 275). Although Intimate Partner Violence can occur between individuals in same-sex relationships in addition to women being the perpetrator, the majority of the research done is in regards to the man being the culprit and the woman being the target.

With approximately 1.3 million women being victimized by an intimate partner each year and one in every four women experiencing domestic violence at some point in her life-time, domestic violence, also referred to as intimate partner violence Even after decades of increased activism and raised awareness by government agencies, the public and many nonprofit organizations, domestic violence still remains a serious problem within the United States.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is defined as sexual, physical or psychological abuse by a current or past spouse or partner and is one of the largest public issues the Unites States faces today. It is estimated that roughly 15.5 million children live in a household effected by IPV in the United States (Gustafsson, Coffman, Cox 2014). Children who are effected by IPV are more likely to have behavioral issues along with their development being negatively impacted (O'Campo, Caughy, Nettles 2010). It is important to research IPV to see how it can be minimized as much as possible along with seeing how people are effected by IPV.

Violence against women is a substantial public health problem in the United States. According to data from the criminal justice system, hospital, and medical records, mental health records, social services, and surveys, thousands of women are injured or killed each year as a result of violence, many by someone they are involved with or were involved with intimately. Nearly one-third of female homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner (Federal Bureau of Investigation 2001). Throughout this, many will read about intimate partner violence also called

This person might not be completely in sync with you, and they will definitely not be ‘perfectly compatible’-if such a thing even exists-with you; but they do hold the power to make you extremely very happy.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a type of abuse that occurs between people who are involved in a close relationship. “Intimate partner” is a term that is used to include both current and former spouses as well as dating partners. IPV exists along a continuum that ranges from a single episode of violence through ongoing battering.

“Every year, in the United States there are over 3 million incidents of reported domestic violence. Every year, 4,000 victims of domestic violence are killed.” (Domestic Violence: Disturbing Facts about Domestic Violence). Domestic violence is a crime that is not just committed in the United States, but worldwide. This crime is committed every day, every hour, every minute, and every second. Anybody can be a victim or the abuser. This can happen to any child, man or woman. This is a horrific crime. Women are more likely to be the victim in domestic violence than men. “Forty-five percent of all violent attacks against female victims 12 years old and older by multiple

However, this number is not accurate due to the fact that many of these cases were seen as murders, aggravated assault, or forcible rapes rather than domestic violence. (Etter, & Birzer, 2007). Due to the huge amount of domestic violence cases the police have been trying to bring down the number of domestic violence victims. In 2000 police departments all over the United States created a program to train police officers on domestic violence (Huisman, Martinez, & Wilson, 2005). Even though police have been trained and still have domestic violence trainings a lot of people are still victims of domestic violence. In 2007 alone there were reports of 554,000 female victims and 69,000 male victims of violent crime by a partner (Franklin,