Impact on Canadians
Everyone in Canada is affected by family violence either direct or indirect. Six percent of the Canadian population has dealt with a current or former partner abuse in the previous five years (Stats Canada 2009). This means anyone can have a chance of being a victim of abuse throughout his or her lifespan. It is also common for people to know victims who are dealing with or have dealt with this form of violence. In order to care for these victims, Canadian resources and tax money are directed towards help to these individuals. According to a study of the Department of Justice Canada, "An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009, estimates the economic impact of one form of violence - spousal violence - to be about $7.4 billion a year, which amounts to $225.00 per Canadian" (http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/fv-vf/about-apropos.html) This illustrates how even Canadians unaware of the considerable impact spousal violence, are still indirectly funding this cause. Spousal violence affects everyone throughout Canadian society, even those unaware of its effects. D) Peer Reviewed Journals The ways in which victims deal with spousal abuse tend to vary by gender. …show more content…
An article in the Social Science & Medicine discusses the variance between males and female victims, and their abusers. According to their studies, results varied depending on the source of data. When collecting data from the justice system and police, they found intimate partner violence to be higher among females. However, when analyzing results within communities, women are the same if not more likely than men to instigate one act of physical aggression towards a male counterpart in their lifespan. This demonstrates the natural tendencies females have towards violence as well. According to Evan Stark, females and males used different tactics within abuse. When males experience spousal abuse, they tend to suffering from female coercive control. Female victims experience similar abuse, however they tend to suffer from physical violence as well. This leads to reasons society places more emphasis on female victims of abuse. Physical abuse is distinct and hard to miss. This draws attention to the female victims. Although psychological abuse is more common, it’s aloofness makes it harder to witness than physical violence’s abruptness. This could be a main factor in considering the actual values of spousal abuse across genders. Normally, batter abuse victims try to live with the violence rather than terminating or leaving the relationship. …show more content…
This issue is discussed in Dutton’s article on spousal abuse. He describes the situation as “traumatic bonding’ which is defined as, “essentially that the intermittency of abuse and power differential in unilateral abusive relationships would produce strong attachment in battered women like anyone else exposed to this type of reinforcement schedule (intermittent) under these conditions.” (Dutton pg. 4) This exhibits the psychological effect that accompanies physical abuse. The physical abuse a victim receives in addition to psychological abuse is irregular. In many cases, the perpetrator goes through a ‘Cycle of violence’. Although the abuser demonstrates extreme levels of violence, there are short burst of loving and apologetic stages. This reminds victims of the best portions of abusers and why they ‘fell in love’ in the beginning. This enables the re-establishment of relationships between abuser and abused. There are two methods in how victims tend to cope with these high levels of abuse. The article mainly focuses on the female approach to coping skills. The first method of survival theory
Everyone in Canada is affected by family violence either direct or indirect. Six percent of the Canadian population has dealt with a current or former partner abuse in the previous five years (Stats Canada 2009). This means anyone can have a chance of being a victim of abuse throughout his or her lifespan. It is also common for people to know victims who are dealing with or have dealt with this form of violence. In order to care for these victims, Canadian resources and tax money are directed towards help to these individuals. According to a study of the Department of Justice Canada, "An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Spousal Violence in Canada, 2009, estimates the economic impact of one form of violence - spousal violence - to be about $7.4 billion a year, which amounts to $225.00 per Canadian" (http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/fv-vf/about-apropos.html) This illustrates how even Canadians unaware of the considerable impact spousal violence, are still indirectly funding this cause. Spousal violence affects everyone throughout Canadian society, even those unaware of its effects. D) Peer Reviewed Journals The ways in which victims deal with spousal abuse tend to vary by gender. …show more content…
An article in the Social Science & Medicine discusses the variance between males and female victims, and their abusers. According to their studies, results varied depending on the source of data. When collecting data from the justice system and police, they found intimate partner violence to be higher among females. However, when analyzing results within communities, women are the same if not more likely than men to instigate one act of physical aggression towards a male counterpart in their lifespan. This demonstrates the natural tendencies females have towards violence as well. According to Evan Stark, females and males used different tactics within abuse. When males experience spousal abuse, they tend to suffering from female coercive control. Female victims experience similar abuse, however they tend to suffer from physical violence as well. This leads to reasons society places more emphasis on female victims of abuse. Physical abuse is distinct and hard to miss. This draws attention to the female victims. Although psychological abuse is more common, it’s aloofness makes it harder to witness than physical violence’s abruptness. This could be a main factor in considering the actual values of spousal abuse across genders. Normally, batter abuse victims try to live with the violence rather than terminating or leaving the relationship. …show more content…
This issue is discussed in Dutton’s article on spousal abuse. He describes the situation as “traumatic bonding’ which is defined as, “essentially that the intermittency of abuse and power differential in unilateral abusive relationships would produce strong attachment in battered women like anyone else exposed to this type of reinforcement schedule (intermittent) under these conditions.” (Dutton pg. 4) This exhibits the psychological effect that accompanies physical abuse. The physical abuse a victim receives in addition to psychological abuse is irregular. In many cases, the perpetrator goes through a ‘Cycle of violence’. Although the abuser demonstrates extreme levels of violence, there are short burst of loving and apologetic stages. This reminds victims of the best portions of abusers and why they ‘fell in love’ in the beginning. This enables the re-establishment of relationships between abuser and abused. There are two methods in how victims tend to cope with these high levels of abuse. The article mainly focuses on the female approach to coping skills. The first method of survival theory