The Dark Side Of The Family Mind Map
- Created by: Amy
- Created on: 17-02-13 12:02
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- The Dark Side Of The Family
- Functionalist View - Does not acknowledge the 'dark side of the family'
- Feminist View - Sees violence as a way of maintaining patriarchy and controlling women
- The family is usually seen as a positive institution. New Right thinkers support a nuclear family ideology which provides support and socialisation
- For some the family is a dangerous place because of things like domestic violence and child abuse
- The Home Office - Defines domestic violence as 'any violence between current or former partners in an intimate relationship wherever and whenever it occurs
- Sclater - Often difficult to categorise behaviours like psychological abuse and manipulation as domestic violence
- Nearly 1 million women experience at least one incident of domestic abuse each year
- At least 750,000 children a year witness domestic violence
- Two women are killed each week by their partner or ex-partner
- Official Statistics - Domestic Violence has rose considerably between 1981 and 1996, although it has gradually declined since then
- These figures may underestimate the rue extent of domestic violence and abuse since many victims are unwilling to admit that it has taken place
- Nazroo - Domestic Violence carried out by men tends to be more serious then by women
- These figures may underestimate the rue extent of domestic violence and abuse since many victims are unwilling to admit that it has taken place
- The family is usually seen as a positive institution. New Right thinkers support a nuclear family ideology which provides support and socialisation
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