Threat of Domestic Violence in the United States

             Description of the Local Population 3.

             Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality 6.

            

            

            

            

            

             Values and Beliefs of the population 12.

             Reliance on Local, Regional, and Federal Funding 13.

             Patterns of Resource Allocation 14.

             Patterns of Insurance Coverage 15.

             Expectations of the Public for Care 16.

             Diagnostic Statements about the Population 16.

             Interdisciplinary Planning 20.

             References 22.

             Description of the Local Population.

             Domestic abuse in the United States is a large-scale and complex social and health problem. Domestic violence has become a major health threat to this nation, costing America thousands of lives and millions of dollars (Moore, Zaccaro, & Parsons, 1998). Domestic violence is known by many names including spouse abuse, domestic abuse, domestic assault, battering, partner abuse, and so on. McCue (1995) maintains that domestic abuse is commonly accepted by legal professionals as "the emotional, physical, psychological, or sexual abuse perpetrated against a person by that person"s spouse, former spouse, partner, former partner or by the other parent of a minor child", although several other forms of domestic violence have become increasingly apparent in today"s society. This threat has no prejudice, it spans all socioeconomic classes, professions, cultures, religions, ages, and gender; however, research shows that 95 to 98% of victims are women (Ellis, 1999). As many as one in ten women are abused each year in the United States (Attala, McSweeney, Mueller, Bragg, & Hubertz, 1999). .

             It is inadequate to view domestic violence as an aspect of the normal interpersonal conflict, which takes place in most families. According to McCue (1995), many families experience conflict, but not all male members in families inevitably resort to violence. It is not the fact of family disputes or marital conflict that generate or characterize violence in the home. Violence occurs when one person assumes the right to dominate over the other and decides to use violence or abuse as a means of ensuring that (Currie, 1988).

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