the dark side of the family

issues

• domestic violence
• child abuse and neglect
• forced marriage
• FGM
• social control/personality control

child abuse

• NSPCC- 2000 report
• approx 10% of children suffer serious abuse or neglect at home, with most committed by natural parents
• 25,700 children in england are on the Child Protection Register
• 29% registered for sexual or physical abuse
• 39% registered for neglect
• the youngest age groups, boys, low birth weight children and illegitimate children are all over represented
• babies under a year old are most vulnerable
• boys outnumber girls in most cases of abuse
• only in sexual abuse cases are girls in the majority- 4 times more likely to be the victim

domestic violence

• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men will suffer some kind of domestic violence in their relationship
• accounts for an estimated 30% of all violent crime
• Stephanie Yearnshire (1997) found that on average a women is assualted 35 times before her first call to the police
• every year in the UK around 120 people are murdered by current or former partners- around 90% of people murdered are women

forced marriage

• some cultures still advocate arranged marriage with increased emphasis on love and consent
• still evidence that some forced marriages…