Abstract
Domestic violence is amongst the most severe matters worldwide. In the US, an approximate of 20 individuals get assaulted by their intimate spouses each minute. Annually, this translated to over ten million both male and female individuals who reported to have undergone domestic violence in the US. The use of any authority, deceit, exacerbation, embarrassment or manipulation over a spouse or intimate partner to perpetrate influence are amongst occurrences that constitutes what constitutes domestic violence. Albeit female partners and children are mostly the victims of domestic violence, it affects people from across any diversity of race, age, ethnic background, religion, nationality or socioeconomic status. This proposal seeks to explore the creation of a program regarding vital components that are the matters and plights addressed, the principles mirrored in the program’s style and schemes or methods, the ideological establishment of the program and the steps and tools used in the research.
Domestic violence is amongst the most severe matters worldwide. In the US, an approximate of 20 individuals get assaulted by their intimate spouses each minute. Annually, this translated to over ten million both male and female individuals who reported to have undergone domestic violence in the US (“Statistics”, n.d). A recent study in the United States revealed shocking statistics of an estimated 3-4 million women were assaulted annually by their intimate partners. It further indicated cases of child abuse or negligence at a high percentage of over 1500% the mean national general populace, in households experiencing domestic violence. An average 2.3-10 million kids have had to witness family feuds. Basing on an estimation of 2 kids in a home, in half of the families experiencing family conflicts and violence, a minimum of 3 million kids are prone to witness family conflicts annually in the United States (Protect America’s Children, n.d.).
Characterization of domestic violence can be on a diverse basis of child or spouse mistreatment or violence towards them, and fewer instances of violence against elder people have been reported and studied. Unlike violence between two strangers, domestic violence cases are perpetrated by a specific spouse against the same victim spouse quotidianly (NCADV, n.d.). This proposal seeks to redress the issues associated with domestic violence, the principles upheld in the program’s style and schemes and an ideological establishment of program steps and tools for research.
A study in 2010 postulates that in a lifespan, the number of women who are physically abused is 30 percent, 9 percent are raped, 17 percent are sexually assaulted in ways other than rape whilst 48 percent undergo mental hostility (Modi, Palmer & Armstrong, 2014). The offended are left with feelings of fear, apprehension concerning their well-being, they suffer from disorders resulting from post-trauma, requires healthcare, are grieving, need support from crisis, an accommodation need, require services to advocate for their rights, need legal redress, or had forgone their schooling or working (NCADV, n.d.). A survey revealed that 90 percent of perpetrators have clean criminal histories and adhere to the laws outside household environments (NCADV, n.d.).
Families of victims and themselves are the specific individuals that need to be protected and addressed to come up with a solution. I seek to create a program which victims or families of domestic violence will be able to access. The program will avail shelter and any other assistance to the victims and the survivors of domestic violence. This program will offer common ranges of services geared towards the response to what victims and households of domestic violence require and need (Protect America’s Children, n.d.). The services provided by this program will surpass religious, ethnic, age, gender, orientation, socioeconomic status or disability to accord services to any individual considered a victim.
A conceptual model to intervene the battering of spouses is Duluth. This allows for the creation of a process for changing men who abuse their spouses. This model is important in processes for rehabilitating perpetrators. A Duluth model can certainly be accessed by people in groups and courts frequently order a profession in psychology to accord services to group members (Pender, 2012). The actions in the program will build a partnership with the general community allies with regards to notification on any domestic violence, solutions to similar problems, matters to do with victim well-being, legal responsibility with the criminal justice department, analysis and development of the program and outside observation of programs for batterers.
The concept behind this program is to prevent domestic violence and to promote health. The view of preventing and promoting health indicates the worth of health and utilization for sustainability of the safety, and prevention of psychosocial plights (Protect America’s Children, n.d.). The analysis will revolve around the risks, hazardousness, prevalent present incidents, particulars of incidences, events that trigger violence, the history of perpetration of violence against spouse, frequency and gravity of violence, family battering history, the perpetrator’s criminal records, social media platform connections or seclusion, past depression or any other psychological illnesses including cases of suicide or homicide.
Duluth Model seeks to determine the probability of change amongst the batters. It uses a scheme consisting of four questions, coined “Hurt”, “insult”, “Threaten”, “Scream” abbreviated as HITS. The screening tool is a unique measurement addressing results since the question’s purpose is to acquaint women victims with questions on domestic violence and refer them to an apt medical environment (Pender, 2012). A similar 8-item feature for screening women abuse has 3 probable answers between 1; described as a lot to 3; described as none in the following way. Probable replies to the first two items in the questionnaire hover between the absence of tension or struggle and experiencing a lot of difficulty or pressure. The rest of the items from 3-8 assesses the occurrence of the incidences mentioned in each item, and they should be in terms of never, sometimes, or often as the replies. A 3-item screening tool for partner violence called ‘Partner Violence Screen’ is a personal assessment rating tool to assess physical assault and well-being feeling. All items are scaled between 0 to 1. This tool was built to perceive assaults or abuses during childbearing. It comprises of 5 queries, albeit another version consisting of two questions has been made (Pender, 2012). Integrating this analysis, the program then establishes proper and apt lines to communicate with the criminal justice department so that the program would be able to follow/trail victims and immediately enforce penalties in cases of non-fulfillment. The intervention program serves to protect the victims (children and women) by stopping domestic violence and guaranteeing their safety. Therefore, it is the mandate of the community to ensure that domestic violence is ended since the victims are part of the community. The community psychologist can be resourceful in this program through establishing recommendations assuring outreach, activism, well-being planning and various appropriate aids to the victims.