Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on THE HIDDEN SIDE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: MURDER. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 6 page paper discusses the darker side of domestic violence: murder. Statistics, possible solutions, causes, exampled. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Page Count:
6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_MBdomur.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
separated, divorced or single, as well as low income African American women are the victims of vicious assaults (N.O.W. 2002). What is being done to prevent this from occurring? And
what measures have been taken toward providing better protection for women who find themselves in abusive situations? Most authorities and counselors, alike, are loathe to confront what domestic violence actually
translates into: a threat on ones life. In the end, for many women, this is exactly the result: murder. Most of the traditional procedures
in a battering or domestic violence case have involved separation, restraining orders and sometimes has involved child protective services for the safety of the children. However, according to the concerns
of Susan Schechter, of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, these solutions may have inadvertently made things worse for the women, rather than making them better. "The basic goal
of (any) project was to identify and help battered women with abused or neglected children and offer to the women support and advocacy. In this way, women would be better
protected, and, as a result, so would their children. The argument was that childrens safety was usually - although not always - largely dependent on their mothers"(Schechter, 2002).
Through various case studies, Schechter found that many women were hesitant about coming forward to name their abusers, because the system did not seem to either believe
them about the scope of the violence, or the system only protected them, and not the children. In many cases, the children were removed from the home, and away from
their mothers while the system attempted to remove the abusive spouse from the premises. This, one can see, makes a victim of the woman twice. Not only is she abused
...