Male Victims of Domestic Violence

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Domestic violence is a major health issue in the United States, impacting a large percentage of families. It is estimated that between 20% and 30% of all women have been subjected to domestic violence during their adult lives (Davis, Mike. 1998). Services which have been developed to assist domestic violence survivors and programs for domestic violence perpetrators have been constructed to deal with the most common domestic violence scenario: women being abused by men (Cummings, J.S., Pellegrini, D.S., Notarius, C.I. & Cummings, E.M. 1989). "It is a terrible and recognizable fact that for many people, home is the least safe place" (Moon, A. and Evans-Campbell, T. 1999). Domestic violence is real violence, often resulting in permanent injuries or death. Battering is a widespread societal problem with consequences reaching far beyond individual families. It is conduct that has devastating effects for individual victims, their children and their communities (Cummings, J.S., Pellegrini, D.S., Notarius, C.I. & Cummings, E.M. 1989). In addition to these immediate effects, there is growing evidence that violence within the "family becomes the breeding ground for other social problems such as substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, and violent crimes of all types"(Cummings, E.M., Zahn-Waxler, C. & Radke-Yarrow, M. 1981). Domestic violence against women is not merely a domestic issue; but rather a complex socio-economical crisis that threatens the interconnected equilibrium of the entire social structure. Los Angeles is the second largest city in U.S.A. In Los Angeles, there are "500 gated subdivisions, 2,000 street gangs, 4,000 mini-malls, 20,000 seat shops, and 100,000 homeless residents (Ecology of Fear p. 354 According to the U.S. Conf... ... middle of paper ... ...tterns among African-American, Caucasian American and Korean-American Elderly Women. Gerontologist, 33, 386-395. Adamson, J.L. & Thompson, R.A. (1998). Coping with interparental verbal conflict by children exposed to spouse abuse and children from nonviolent homes. Journal of Family Violence, 13, 213-232. Appel, A.E. & Holden, G.W. (1998). The co-occurrence of spouse and physical child abuse: A review and appraisal. Journal of Family Psychology, 12, 578-599. Cummings, E.M., Zahn-Waxler, C. & Radke-Yarrow, M. (1981). Young children’s responses to expressions of anger and affection by others in the family. Child Development, 52, 1274-1282. Cummings, J.S., Pellegrini, D.S., Notarius, C.I. & Cummings, E.M. (1989). Children’s responses to angry adult behavior as a function of marital distress and history of interparental hostility. Child Development, 60, 1035-1043.

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