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Legal Protection of Domestic Violence

Roll No – 5L 141
Name – July Yadanar
ABSTRACT
The study is undertaken to determine the prevalence, characteristics, reasons,
protection and legal responses of domestic violence. The main reason is how to protect
of women and children upon by domestic violence in the family and the academic
consequences of domestic violence against women and children. The primary objective
of this study is to investigate into domestic violence against women and its protection
on children. Therefore, This paper investigates how domestic violence relates to
violence against women and children including severe corporal punishment. In the way,
it is the study of the surrounding communities related to domestic violence. Moreover,
it is known by watching news and educational films. This paper states that different
types, possible causes and effects on Intimate Partner Violence and what treatments or
protection are available. Some of the variables of violence against women and children
are known and the need for prevention and plans to take action before their occurrence
is well felt.
Contents
Chapter 1. Nature of Domestic Violence
1.1 Definition of Domestic Violence
1.2 History of Domestic Violence
1.3 Various Types of Domestic Violence
1.4 Causes and Effects of Domestic
Violence
Introduction
• Domestic Violence is among the most underreported
crimes worldwide for both men and women
• Domestic abuse means committing against a
domestic victims, described as adults or minors who
are current or former spouses; who live together or
adults or minors who are related by blood or
adoption, children of a person in one of these
relationships
• Domestic Violence arises at all levels of society and
all classes. Typical image means an adult male
perpetrator and a female victim
Nature of Domestic Violence
• a systematic pattern of power and control
perpetrated by one intimate partner against
another
• and all abusers do not follow the exact same
pattern of abuse, but they do follow a similar
pattern using an overarching strategy known as
coercive control.
Definition of Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence can be defined as a pattern
of behavior in any relations that is used to
gain or maintain power and control over an
intimate partner
• Victims of domestic violence also include a
child or other relative, or any other household
member
History of Domestic Violence
1. Ancient Civilizations 2. Early Roman Society

Code of Hammurabi • A woman was deemed the


• The husband/father had the property of the husband
ability to sell her and her and subject to his control.
children into slavery or • According to early Roman
binding them into slavery Law – a man could beat,
for three years in order to divorce, or murder his wife
pay his debts
• Women and children who
were bound out for labor to
pay the man’s debt for up to
six years
Various Types of Domestic Violence
• Physical Abuse • Psychological or Emotional
Abuse
- Physical abuse can involve direct
assaults on the body, including use of - a form of abuse characterized by a
weapons, driving dangerously, person subjecting or exposing another
destruction of property, abusing pets in person to a behavior that may result in
front of family members and forced psychological trauma, including anxiety,
sleep deprivation. chronic depression, or post-traumatic
stress disorder amongst other
- The perpetrator’s aim is to intimidate psychological problems
and cause fear
- emotional abuse can occur in any
relationship including among friends,
family members, and co-workers.
Various Types of Domestic Violence
• Sexual Abuse • Financial Abuse

- Sexual abuse is a common form - Financial abuse is a type of


of domestic violence. It includes domestic violence in which an
sexual assault, rape, and abuser wields their influence over
unwanted sexual contact the economic resources in the
relationship as a means to
- any sexual behavior performed oppress their victim.
without a partner’s consent
- the victim is kept on an allowance
or denied any say in how finances
are dispersed.
Causes and Effects of Domestic
Violence
• Causes of Domestic • Effects of Domestic
Violence Violence
- a child’s exposure to their father’s - Domestic violence survivors can
abuse of their mother is the face ongoing and challenging
strongest risk factor for effects after enduring physical,
transmitting domestic violence mental, and emotional abuse
from one generation to the next - children and teens who grow up
- Some immediate causes that can with domestic violence in the
set off about of domestic abuse household are:
are : - more likely to use violence at
- stress school or in the community
- provocation by the intimate - more likely to commit crimes
partner especially sexual assault
- depression, jealousy and anger
Thank You

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