The Problem of Domestic Violence

The history of domestic violence is not the brightestCongress Acts and the statistics show that cases
and purest page in the history of mankind. The morewhen men and women are killed by intimates
person immerses into this case, the more horriblereduced from more than 1,500 in 1976 to about 500
picture he finds. During centuries children have beenin 2002 (Prah). The next chapter describes the
killed, beaten, sexually abused, rejected andcurrent situation and possible ways out.
terrorized by adults and enormous number of peopleI've read the article with great interest and though
(mostly women) have become the victims ofthe facts given there are frightening I think it's
domestic violence.necessary to know them. This article reflects the
This work is dedicated to the problem of domesticcurrent state of domestic violence and makes us
violence and with the help of article "Domesticthink over this problem and try to find ways to solve
Violence" by Pamela Prah I'll try to analyze the casesit. The first step in preventing domestic violence is its
of child abuse and domestic violence and find thepublicity that gives the possibility for all people not to
methods to prevent them.stay aside but play an active role in solving the
In her article Pamela has shown that in recent yearproblem. Then, there are a lot of innovative programs
cases of child abuse have risen greatly, especiallythat are fighting domestic violence. Among these
among teenagers between the ages of 16 and 24.programs we can name such as "Coaching Boys into
The article is aimed to discuss some extremelyMen", "Out it Out", "Domestic Violence Prevention
important problems often passed over in silence byEnhancement and Leadership Through Alliances",
authorities and some social organizations. Pamela tries"Family Justice Center, San Diego, Calif" and others.
to answer the questions if the federal governmentThey are financed by the government and are aimed
should do more to prevent domestic violence andto prevent the cases of domestic violence and to
protect teenagers and if judges and policemen dohelp the victims of domestic abuse. Special support
enough to take care of domestic-violence victims andcenters, which help the victim to come over
stop the crimes. The first section of the article that ispsychological and emotional difficulties grew during
called "The Issues" is dedicated to these questions.the last decade and it's a good achievement, to my
Then, in the chapter "Background", she tries to findmind.
the roots of abuse in general, especially womanHorrible sufferings in the family may lead to further
abuse. "Early in America's history, women wereemotional problems, problems with friends, relatives
viewed as the property of men, much like children orand communication as a whole. Negative effects of
slaves, who could be punished physically for notdomestic violence depends on many factors: the kind
obeying orders"(Prah, p. 10). The progress in solvingof abuse, the conditions under which the abuse
this problem, I mean, in preventing abuse againstoccurred, the person who committed abuse, the
women and children is very slow. The third chapterfrequency of abuse, whether violence was involved
deals with the chronology of the development ofand others. The main aim of modern society is the
domestic abuse, beginning from the 19th century andprevention of domestic violence. To get rid of this
ending with the year 2005. Nowadays more andsocial phenomenon completely is impossible but we
more attention is paid to this problem and what ismust do everything in one's power to reduce the
extremely important domestic violence gets military'scases of domestic violence and now we are on the
attention and it's the main theme of the nextright track.
chapter. The author gives the results of Special