1. Why I Chose This Topic
I chose this topic because it is a very common occurrence in families today and is something that should be recognized and worked towards stopped. It's terrifying thinking about not being safe in your own household and it's sad to think that so many people don't feel safe whether it's because they are being physically, sexually, or emotionally abused or have to witness another family member being abused. It's not something that should be tolerated ever and I definitely think people should gain more awareness for this problem and do whatever possible to stop it. I know it is a global problem, but I am choosing to narrow it down to just family violence in the United States.
2. Link to Scholarly Journal
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2083298
I chose this article because I felt like it was very relevant and informative. The article views family violence as a social and sociological problem. This short excerpt discussed things we've talked about in class this semester as well as a whole section on the Sociologist Perspective of family violence.
3. Visual Illustration
(Source: Vantage Pro Ed)
This chart is similar to the one that was in the Chapter 12 PowerPoint. It shows the potential negative effects on children who live in violent homes. Obviously none of these are good things and a child who lives in a negative home is definitely more likely to develop problems like these.
4. Video Clip
http://youtu.be/HxfN5iN6lj8
I chose this clip because I felt like it was a well made video that shows how tragic it is that women usually don't report being domestically abused. I realize this video only focuses on women, but I still thought it was well made and brought the situation to reality more.
5. Links to scholarly websites
https://www.ncjrs.gov/spotlight/family_violence/summary.html
This link is to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service so it seemed like a reliable source for a lot of the information. This site informed me that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. That statistic is so much higher than I originally thought and made this issue seem much more important in my head. I also chose this website because it has many links at the bottom of the page to explore more information about family violence such as facts and figures, legislation, publications, programs, etc.
http://www.nacoa.net/famviol.htm
This link is to the National Association for Children of Alcoholics which also seemed like a reliable/scholarly site since this association would know a lot of information about family violence. I liked this site also because it has a section titled "How to help woman and children coping with violence" which I thought is a great thing to put on the site just in case someone who is being abused needs to know how to cope or deal with what is happening. One statistic from this section said that Divorced and separated women, who compose only 10% of all women, account for 75% of all battered women and report being battered 14 times as often as women still living with their partners. This is so shocking that even woman who leave their partners who abuse them still experience the violence. Another section is titled "Family Violence Always Leaves the Home" which explains that children who were raised in violent homes are much more likely to become violent with others in life. This shows yet another reason why this is such a big issue. The pattern will keep on continuing until it is stopped at the root. If a child who was raised in a violent home grows up to be violent with his/her spouse, then their child will be likely to be violent when he grows up to. It really seems like a vicious/never-ending cycle that needs to be stopped or else it will keep on continuing.
6. Quote
"If the numbers we see in domestic violence were applied to terrorism or gang violence, the entire country would be up in arms, and it would be the lead story on the news every night." -Rep. Mark Green
References:
Domestic Violence. [figure] Retrieved April 24, 2013 from http://vantageproed.com/viol/viol.htm.
Domestic Violence Awareness Video (Best Video). [video] Retrieved April 28, 2013 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfN5iN6lj8.
Gelles, Richard J. Family Violence. Retrieved April 28, 2013 from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2083298?seq=3.
Green, Mark. [quotation] Retrieved April 24, 2013 from http://thelaststraw.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/quotes-about-domestic-violence/.
Reddin, Geri. Violence in the Family. Retrieved April 24, 2013 from http://www.nacoa.net/famviol.htm.
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