Tomorrow I'm presenting my senior project, which is on the topic of domestic violence. While researching this topic, some of the statistics I found were absolutely staggering.
-Worldwide, 1 in 3 women will be victims of domestic abuse in their lifetimes.
-A woman is beaten every 14 seconds, while men are beaten about every 28 seconds.
-Before graduation, 60% of students will be involved in an abusive relationship.
-63% of the juvenile offenders in juvenile detention facilities who ahve been incercerated for murder are there because they murdered the man who abused their mother....I ofund this very surprising. I don't know the details of these cases, but I don't think that a person should have to be in a juvenile detention facility or a jail for the rest of their lives in cases like this. If a man is abusing your mother and you kill them, you'll get convicted of murder? But what if you were doing it to save your mother's life. I doubt that these 63% of offenders are actually dangerous and would kill people if allowed back into society. They just killed a person who was harming their mother.
-Children who grow up in violent homes have a 74% higher chance of committing criminal assaults later in their lives.
-70% of men who abuse their wives also abuse their children.
-These are some of the effects domestic violence has on the children who witness it: Agression, stuttering, low levels of empathy, low self esteem, behavior problems, difficulties in school, difficulties being in relationships, low grades, etc. It also impedes their development of trust.
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Damn, these statistics are shocking. About the juvenile offenders, though, I don't know what to say...I tend to agree with you that they may not be a danger for the society, but we must consider the fact that they have an gressive behaviour. I think that it depends on the situtation.
Yea, I have mixed emotions. They could possibly be aggressive in future instances, but we don't really know. I really think that many of them wouldn't be aggressive, but there's no way to prove that. It's kind of sad that they'll be locked up forever just for protecting their mothers.
A crime is a crime. Protecting ones mother is not an excuse to kill. If the individual had time enough to get a gun, knife, bat etc. to kill, he also had enough time to call the police. No excuse for ignorance of the law. To many times people "justify" a crime with emotions. It's goes for those that poison, drug a spouse and then burn the house down. If they had enough thought, time to come up with a plan of murder, then they should be put down too! Very simple when you leave out the emotions.
I agree that anyone who kills needs to be punished, but I don't think it has to be so harsh under certain circumstances. Yes, they can call the police. And I think that if it is a planned out murder then yes, they better have at least called the police in the past. But let's say all of a sudden your mom's boyfriend is beating her up to the point of death. Do you actually wait for the cops to come, or do you save your mother's life no matter what it takes?
The police aren't always helpful. Sometimes when an abused person or someone who knows the person calls the police, they have to arrest even the person who said they were abused, just to verify everything. That's scary. Some people would rather not have to go through that. And no, the answer isn't murder, but sometimes that's the only way a person can feel safe. Even if the police got involved, what can they really do? GIve a restraining order? It's a piece of paper. That paper won't make the abuser stop beating up the victim. He can kill the victim before the police even arrive.
As someone who works in a domestic violence agency I can tell you that the statistics you present are real and often under represented in the public works arena. I appreciate your passion for the subject and your desire to advocate for this cause. The statistic about juvenille offenders seems to me to need some more research. It is true that too often, the victim in domestic violence situations becomes the criminal in an act of self-defense, though it is rarely revenge. Unfourtunately, the system too often works aganist the victims of domestic violence and often leaves them very few legitimate options. I am not validating violence in any form however I am saying that many women ( I do not know statistics on children) are in prison for killing their abusers in defense. To the person who said that if there is time to get a gun, there is time to call the police, you forget that sometimes the police do not come. Often, if there is a restraining order in place aganist the abuser the police are called very often, and sometimes they just stop coming. There is also very little domestic violence training provided to the police force and they do not handle domestic violence situations properly. We must remember that DV is not the same as civil battery and there is a whole different set of circumstances and types of abuse going on. Again, I appreciate your research and advocacy but I would further research that statistic. Try finding a DV hotline or shelter in your area ( www.ncadv.org) and calling them to ask their opinion on this statistic. Good Luck!
I wonder how many children are victims of abuse, I bet it's a lot because kids never know what's normal outside the home.<3 Tina
Well, I'm on the debate team at my highschool and if any one else is in debate than the topic for november and december may sound familiar to you. Resolved: A victims deliberate use of deadly force is a just response to repeated domestic violence. There are many different things that make a victim killing the abuser not right. Domestic Violence varies in many different degrees such as verbal, mental, sexual, and of course physical. Some of these degrees of domestic violence do not all have the mentallity to cause death, this makes using deadly force unjustifiable.. there domestic violence may not always be what it seems.