Children often near battered women making children the next victim either directly or indirectly. Dec 1, 2002 Table of Contents Medicine and Society MELISSA M. STILES, M.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin Am Fam Physician. 2002 Dec 1;66(11):2052-2067. Domestic violence is an ongoing experience of physical, psychologic, and/or sexual abuse in the home that is used to establish power and control over another person.1 Although awareness about the rate of domestic violence in our society is increasing, the public health ramifications have only recently been recognized in the medical community. Witnessing domestic violence can lead children to develop an array of age-dependent negative effects. Although there is general agreement that children from violent homes have more emotional and behavioral problems than those from nonviolent homes, the research in this area has a number of limitations.
Another potential confounding variable is that many of these children undergo direct abuse. Age Span Differences Potential Effects in Children Who Witness Violence* Sorenson_doc8. DomesticViolenceFactSheet(National).pdf. Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence | Special Committees and Commissions / Commission on Domestic Violence. Lifornia Courts - Research and Publications. Ahead of Print Articles (date view)
Bureau of Justice Statistics Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S. Consequences - Intimate Partner Violence - Violence Prevention - Injury. Cost to Society Costs of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women alone in 1995 exceeded an estimated $5.8 billion. These costs included nearly $4.1 billion in the direct costs of medical and mental health care and nearly $1.8 billion in the indirect costs of lost productivity (CDC 2003). Consequences Approximately, 29% of women and 10% of men in the U.S. have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner and reported at least one measured impact related to these or other forms of violence in that relationship (Black et al., 2011).
Physical 1 in 4 women (24.3%) and 1 in 7 men (13.8%) aged 18 and older in the United States have been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime (Black et al., 2011). Apart from deaths and injuries, physical violence by an intimate partner is associated with a number of adverse health outcomes (Black, 2011; Breiding, Black, and Ryan, 2008). Top of Page Reproductive Psychological Social. Library. AEquitas publishes the STRATEGIES newsletter and monographs on complex topic areas, emerging issues, and promising practices related to the prosecution of violence against women cases. AEquitas staff also regularly contribute to other publications. Additionally, AEquitas develops and maintains resources including statutory compilations; caselaw digests; and sample motions, briefs, protocols, and predicate questions.
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