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