...Course Domestic Violence in Shreveport Louisiana Domestic violence is a serious concern in the state of Louisiana because of the rate at which this type of violence is increasing (Kenney, 16). The state law of Louisiana defines domestic violence is the physical and sexual abuse of one member of a household towards another member, and ranges from mild to severe forms of abuse and this law also governs Shreveport City. Statistics released reports showing that a in a span of one minute 4 women are beaten, meaning that domestic violence is the major cause of injuries to women with statistics showing its numbers are higher than rapes, muggings and accidents put together. However, it should not be assumed that domestic violence in Shreveport is only limited to women and also occurs on adult males and children with the number of men reporting to have been physically abused by their spouses increasing tremendously. This report shows the available services (including programs) for the people who have been through some form of domestic violence, the target group for these services, the challenges faced by these services and some of the interventions to these challenges. The reason for opting to focus on this city is because of the increased number of cases witnessed and the access of information. There is also the fact that there is no ready information because researchers have not focused on this city (Davis, 79). The city is home to about 51 domestic violence shelters that acts...
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...The Public Needs to Know: Domestic Violence Shelters Domestic Violence Shelters Today in America we face a challenging crisis called Domestic Violence (DV). Everyday there is another case where a woman has been challenged by this issue. The rapid demand for domestic violence shelters has increased over the last years. Domestic violence shelters are used to help woman move on from violent situations and into a positive environment. Bethlehem Haven, is a non-profit organization that has many services to offer women to help them start fresh. Over the last few years the need for DV shelters has almost doubled. The process to join a DV shelter will have a significant impact on a woman’s life and benefits are endless. Census In 2013 NNEDV had a count for both women and children that were victims of domestic violence. This census documented all the number of both children that were affected by domestic violence in a 24-hour period. During this documentation the noted the types of services that were requested and successfully fulfilled and also the unmet requests. According to DV counts in 2013, 2424 victims were served in one day, 1168 domestic violence victims (618 children and 550 adults). Out of the 2424 victims that were affected by this crisis 1259 weren’t in need of shelter but were taken to receive counseling and legal advice. The children were also referred to programs to help them cope with the situation. Unfortunately not all requests for assistance can be...
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...Domestic Violence Do you ever ask yourself, what is the definition of domestic violence? Most will answer with their own personal experiences and others may just assume that women are the only ones abused. According to the Oxford English Dictionary domestic violence is a violent or aggressive behavior within the home, especially violent abuse of a partner. Personally having to witness domestic violence as a child was traumatizing, but luckily that is no longer an issue. By volunteering at a domestic violence shelter specifically for women it will teach others about abused victims and help solve many unclear perceptions when dealing with domestic violence. Perhaps, many suffering do not realize the severities of not seeking help and continuing in an abused relationship. Women's shelters allow abused women to escape physical abuse and receive the necessary counseling. Faith House Domestic Violence Shelter (FHDVS) is located in the West Valley; the shelter offers great services for victims and their children. Services include 24-hour crisis hotline, safe housing, meals and basic needs, case management, childcare, counseling and educational classes. This shelter offers an opportunity for the victim to rebuild their lives and children’s. The main issues addressed at the shelter include the co-dependency in the relationship, children and abuse, communication, and healthy relationships. By providing personal experiences and continuous education they will be able to provide the necessary...
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...| Domestic Violence | | | Veronica Crews | DeVry University | | INTRODUCTION Do the problems with our economy have any effect on the increasing number of domestic violence reportings? Money problems are always a risk factor in relationships. Due to the downfall of job losses, the falling of the financial markets, and foreclosed homes, there has been more tension in homes. As a result, organizations that deal with domestic violence and substance abuse are bracing for more demand for their services, even as the recession is forcing some to cut budgets and lay off their own personnel. Although an economic downturn itself does not cause domestic violence, it can increase the factors that contribute to domestic violence and reduce victim's ability to leave. (Kalson, 2008). According to the National Network to End Domestic Violence 24-hour census, “the economic climate may give batterers additional leverage when using emotional and financial abuse to control their partners” (Feb. 2009). Domestic abuse occurs when one person in an intimate relationship or marriage tries to dominate and control the other person. Domestic abuse that includes physical violence is called domestic violence. Domestic violence and abuse are used for one purpose and one purpose only: to gain and maintain control over someone. The abuser doesn’t play fair. They use intimidation, fear, shame, and guilt to wear someone down and keep that person under his or her thumb. The abuser...
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...It is important to remember that domestic violence can occur in various forms and affects a variety of individuals; it is not strictly violence against women in heterosexual relationships. It can occur in lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer/intersex (LGBTQI) relationships, and domestic violence can also be oriented towards older adults within families. Just as with any form of domestic violence, there are particular predictors and correlates, as well as intervention strategies and reactions to these specific forms of domestic violence. First of all, in regards to LGBTQI relationship violence, there is not a vast amount of intervention strategies directly aimed at the LGBTQI population. For the female population, shelters and safe houses...
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...Presbyterian Church identified safe shelter and other services for victims of domestic violence in Clay County as a "critical and local need.” When the steering committee investigated the needs in Clay County concerning battered women and their children, they found the nearest shelter was Hubbard House in Duval County, and it was usually full. Even if a woman could get to Duval County, the services she needed to access in Clay County were located in Orange Park and Green Cove Springs and there was no regular bus service between Jacksonville and these cities. When checking the local statistics on domestic violence calls against the number of women actually sheltered in Hubbard House, it was discovered that women in Clay County weren't going to Hubbard House. Shelter was needed in Clay County! Quigley House is named in honor of Pansy Quigley, who lived in Green Cove Springs from 1912 to 1988, and who was well known in Clay County for her volunteer work. The mission of Quigley House was established as such: "to break the cycle of domestic abuse by providing crisis intervention, temporary shelter, protection, counseling, community education, and prevention programs." Quigley House Domestic Violence Shelter Green Cove Springs Clay County Florida Community Education at Quigley House is all about awareness and teaching as many people as possible how they can be a part of the solution to making every home in Clay County a safe place by ending domestic violence and sexual assault. Every citizen...
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...What is domestic violence? Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior in a relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over the other partner. Domestic violence could occur between family members or household members involving physical harm or sexual assault. Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone regardless of gender or size. Some of the signs of domestic violence are feeling afraid of your partner, your partner yell or humiliate you, criticize you and put you down, have a bad and unpredictable temper, hurt you or threaten to hurt or kill your children or take them away, threaten to kill themselves if the woman leave them, force the woman or other partner to have sex with them and jealous or possessive. Also the person being abused may show some sign of low self-esteem, black eyes, being choked or kicked, making excuses for the abuser or maybe the person being abused may have a bruise on their face. The child that lives in an abusive home may have an aggressive behavior such as being the school bully or may even take that behavior to school or to the playground. In April 2007, The Court of Appeal made a judgment in AI (Pakistan vs. SSHD) that the domestic violent rule applies to the victims of domestic violence: “If the person has been allowed to enter or stay because of their relationship with a person who is present and the relationship has broken down because of domestic violence.” When the reference is made to “relationship”...
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...the organization’s culture. The conclusion analyzes how our mission, vision, and values that guide our strategic direction and how the organization addresses the needs of whom we aim to serve. Mission A Way Out Women's Shelter and Crisis Center is as support based family shelter that thrives to help our communities STOP domestic violence and sexual assault. In the process, it is our desire to help clients within our communities that wish to create better lives for themselves and their children. Our Crisis center provides quality residential and non- residential services to woman and children who are victims of domestic and sexual violence. The Way out Woman Shelter and Crisis Center is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization comprised of members throughout the state of Arkansas and services Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline Counties and rural communities as well who share the conviction that violence to women and children is preventable. The center is centrally located to serve those locally and in surrounding areas. The Crisis center’s primary purpose is to provide shelter and services to victims of domestic and sexual violence. We hope to see it grow stronger until no women or child has to live in fear but in joy, peace, and happiness. The Way out Women Shelter and Crisis Center,...
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...Domestic Violence Shelters Jasmine Cheeks Eng 115 Dr. Hackman Domestic violence can get critical if you don’t take action at the time it occurs. Domestic violence is a behavior that is caused by one person to abuse or control the other in the relationship whether married or unmarried. You may not know that you are a victim. Here are a couple of examples to figure out if you are a victim: physical harm, name calling or putdowns, being held hostage, and even sexual assault. If you have figured out that you are a victim of domestic violence from your partner there are ways to help yourself. The domestic violence shelter is a great way to start off your changed life. The shelter offers programs that assist with safe housing, counseling, clothing, prevention programming for children. There are restrictions to getting into the housing program because everyone that enters should be safe and restricted. The unpredictable nature of battering makes it commanding that victims have instant admission to a more protected setting that is free from physical, emotional, and verbal abuse. Most domestic violence domestic give a chance for survivors and their children to gain info about what domestic violence really is, search for their options in a violent-free location, and break the silence which comes with an abusive relationship. Safe housing is provided with 24 hour staff that assist with basic needs such as transportation, food, and even medical attention. Our housing also...
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...Public Resource Analysis The main character in the book, Saving Bernice: Battered Women, Welfare, and Poverty, Bernice had been a victim of domestic violence from a very young age. Bernice grew up in a troubled home where neither of her parents set an example for Bernice or her siblings, which every good parent would want to set for their kids. In this analysis, the public resources available in Walla Walla, WA, will be connected to Bernice’s situation. This analysis will relate several situations in which Bernice could have used the resources from this town, and how she could have been helped. Although these institutions aim to help battered women, and their children, they offer many services but by no means are they perfect. Every institution has their strengths and their weaknesses, all of which will be exposed throughout this public resource analysis. In Walla Walla, there are five main sources of help for women who are going through the same horrid situations as Bernice. Some of these institutions offer similar services, but they are all different entities. One of the most important resources is the Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter Programs and Advocacy Services. This service is an only service that provides victims with the names of shelters in their area, some include the address, but they all include a phone number and a website where the victim may look up more information. Although this resource is not a physical service, the strength of this source is that...
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...Program Report Domestic Violence CJHS/410 Evelyn Diaz 01/19/2015 Chris Abreu Domestic Violence The battering of women has been in existence for a long time in Western in Western culture. As long as men view woman and children as property, he will use violence as a form of control. In the past society turned their heads on domestic violence because it was not considered a crime. All through history the regulations and rights related to this control have been codified by both civil and religious laws. In the 1800 BC, the Code of Hammurabi states that was subservient to the man and he could inflict punishment anyone in household for any wrong doings (“Overview of Historical Laws That Supported Domestic Violence”). According to the Roman Code of Paterfamilias it says if a man should discover your wife committing adultery the husband may with permission put her to death with no trial, but if he catches him in same predicament she cannot do anything about it.without trial. It was seen in Bradley v. State of Mississippi, 1824 (“Under The Rule Of Thumb”) . Not to long ago in 1977 the California Penal Code said That in order for women to press battery on their husbands they would have to have sustained more injuries then the usual battery charges. It was around that time during the Women’s Movement that domestic violence was being considered a crime. According to, James and Gilliand 2010, the approach to domestic violence has changed immensely over the last 30 years. There has...
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...DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: AN OVERVIEW WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? What is domestic violence, and why does it persist? Domestic violence, partner abuse, battering, family violence, and wife beating refer to abuse committed by one adult against another with whom the abuser has or has had an intimate or romantic relationship. Most domestic violence is committed by men against women. According to the Department of Justice, women are victims of domestic violence eleven times more often then men. Although, some sources suggest that women use violence against males as frequently as men do against female partner, most evidence shows that the violence inflicted by men is much more severe. Domestic violence includes physical, sexual, and emotional acts of violence and abuse. Physical abuse usually involves the intent of causing harm or injury to the victim. It can take the form of slapping, punching, throwing the victim down or into the walls and objects, tripping, biting, kicking, or twisting arms and legs. It may involve life-threatening behavior such as choking, stabbing, burning, attempting to drown, or shooting with a gun. Abuse may also refer to withholding necessary items, or to physical restraint such as locking the victim in a home or closet, handcuffing, or tying up a person. Sexual abuse includes genital mutilation and marital rape. Psychological and verbal abuse is usually present along with physical or sexual abuse. It can involves behavior such as constant...
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...also prevent relationship and sexual violence. They offer many services such as, counseling, emergency domestic violence shelters, as well as legal and counseling services for those affected by rape, domestic violence, and elder abuse. This agency also focuses on prevention by providing programs to promote healthy relationships in local schools and community groups. One interesting I learned is that center for community solutions operates the only rape crisis center in the city of San Diego along with a countywide 24-hour bilingual crisis helpline. Another interesting fact about this agency is that they are one of nine agencies in the nation funded by the Office of Violence Against Women to expand countywide training on elder abuse; this implemented elder abuse training throughout San Diego YWCA: Becky's House (in San Diego) Beckys house is an agency for women and children escaping domestic violence. They offer multiple support services for victims to ultimately transform their lives such as, improving their economic status and achieving self-sufficiency. In addition, their program includes a 24-hour domestic violence hotline, an emergency shelter and four transitional housing communities. The interesting facts I found from their website was that this agency has the largest number of emergency shelter and transitional housing beds in the county. Also, they keep families together and all children that are in the shelter is provided with specialized care to help...
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...Domestic Violence For almost two decades Karen Cox was repeatedly abused by her husband, Ferdinand Smith. Karen made multiple attempts to receive protection from her local police department; unfortunately it did not happen fast enough. In January 2013 Karen’s husband was so enraged that he shot her multiple times in the head and chest, killing her. (Eiserer, 2013) Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone, yet the problem is often overlooked, excused, or denied. “No one should live in fear of the person they love”. (Smith Melinda and Segal, Jeanne; 2013). Keep in mind domestic violence is not only physical abuse but verbal abuse as well. Due to low self esteem and lack of knowledge women may stay in abusive situations, but there is a way out with the assistance of family and friends, women's organizations and their local police department. Family and friends can play a key role in assisting women who are victims receive help; they can act as a support group for these women. “ As a friend or a family member we need to focus on supporting the friends right to make her own decision. A family member or friend can lend a listening ear, tell the friend that you care and are willing to listen. Never force the issue, but allow the victim to confide in you at her own pace”. (Helping the Battered Woman, 2003). Many victims appreciate it when someone reaches out to help them, victims will see this as an act of caring , You can be the first source of support...
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...Domestic violence against women, men and children is a social problem that occurs in almost every area of the world. There is basically no place where it is not a growing problem, and men, women and children of no race, class, or age are exempt from its grasp. Although most victims tend to be women, domestic violence involves men, women and children no matter what kind of relationship the person may be in whether heterosexual or homosexual. "He doesn't mean to hurt me-he just loses control." "He can be sweet and gentle." "He's scared me a few times, but he never hurts the children, he's a great father." "He's had a really hard life..." Women in abusive relationships tell themselves these things every day. (September 2003, Lundy Bancroft, Why...
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