Topic- The effects of domestic violence on vulnerable adults
Introduction
Domestic violence is defined as an aggressive behaviour or violent act within the home or domestic premises a typically that involve the violent abuse of spouse or partner towards other spouse or partner or any family members towards other family member (Trevillion et al, 2012). Domestic violence in a family is often thought of occurring between married couples the but it is not limited to deserve domestic violence can also occur in to family relationships, person living in the same home and can be associated with physical psychological sexual or emotional abuse or threat or economic control. The balance that can be physical or sexual or emotional targeted towards spouse is also known as intimate partner violence (Semahegn and Mengistie, 2015). Vulnerable groups in society mainly vulnerable adults can be different individuals the involving females, older adults, parents and elderly people, individuals suffering from mental health diseases, people with physical or mental disabilities, individuals with habit of substance abuse etc. (Stets, 2012). This essay is aimed towards examining the mental health issues that are experienced by world vulnerable adults that experiences domestic violence as well as the methods in identifying vulnerable adults that are facing domestic violence issues in the United Kingdom. Also, the discussion will include the strategies that can be encouraged to help vulnerable adults are report domestic violence as well as a develop management and control over this issue in society.
Main body
Domestic violence is one of the most important social issue that is not well reported all across the world (Semahegn and Mengistie, 2015). Most of the individuals that are vulnerable and are experiencing domestic violence in any part of the world are not able to report it effectively because of the violence that is occurring is a from their family member or someone they love (Shorey et al, 2012). It is identified that around 25000 why is the are burden to death in Indian subcontinent each year due to domestic violence as well as more than half of the Congolese women have been raped by their intimate partner (Shorey et al, 2012). It is identified at domestic violence support request from Spain women are spoilt by seven hundred percent in 2020. Around 67% of a serial wise have been abused by their husbands in front of their children and statistics also shows that around 6400 like the earth taken every year in Afghan women every 12 months due to abusive intimate partner violence (Ferrari et al, 2014). United Kingdom is not far from reaching these statistics are and the rates of domestic violence in United Kingdom is also very high (Ferrari et al, 2014). According to the office of national statistics around 4.2 % of men and 7.9 % of women suffers from domestic abuse in England and Wales as identified in 2018 and this equates to about 6,85000 male victims as well as a 1,30,0000 women victims in the United Kingdom (Shorey et al, 2012).
Domestic violence of does not only impact the physical health of the person b abusing them physically or harming for engineering them physically (Amawi et al, 2014). Abuse can be in several aspects and can take place in different ways including an influential effect on mental health and psychological as well as emotional well-being of an individual. According to the psychiatrics mental health is gravy affected by any act of domestic abuse or violence (Trevillion et al, 2012). Most often women and elderly individuals are victims of domestic violence abutment can also be the victims of domestic violence is specially in the conservative as well as modern societies (Alejo, 2014). The individuals who are the preparators of domestic violence can be any family member involving mother-in-law husband or any individual in the family who is related to the victim or are living with them (Devaney et al, 2015). Domestic violence can take any form and can have a psychological abuse emotional abuse financial control forced intercourse physical harm or controlling behaviour (Bobonis et al, 2013). Domestic violence has a negative impact on mental health of the victims and these negative impacts can cause emotional ramifications (Alejo, 2014). In most of the cases the social abuse that lies in the form of social norms are determined by the domestic violence carried out in any families including normalising violence against women and elderly or emotional trauma given to an individual due to their vulnerable nature (Dar et al, 2013). To identify the vulnerable groups in society it is important to identify the characteristics any individual hold to become a victim. it is simple and is seen that individuals are mostly that are women and children in society are vulnerable to any kind of abuse of because of their place in patriarchal society (Amawi et al, 2014). Similarly, elderly individuals who are dependent on their children and other members of the family for their well-being as well as a day-to-day living are also vulnerable to words of such kind of abuse and domestic violence (Yamawaki et al, 2012). In simple terms any individual that does not have ability to report any wrongdoing or a dependent on society or other members of the family either financially or mentally or physically are the vulnerable individuals and groups in society.
An intimate partner violence is also very common in modern society were victims of suffer from both mental health disorders or anxiety disorders as well as PTSD after suffering such domestic violence for a long duration. According to a survey most of the individuals experiencing intimate partner violence or domestic violence from their spouse or partner or restrict themselves from reporting it (Alejo, 2014). This is mainly because of their emotional attachment to the preparator as well as their fear of dependency on them in other ways (Yamawaki et al, 2012). The longer duration of violence is associated with higher similarity of depression among the victims as well as women and elderly patients or individuals experiencing domestic violence can also have subsequently life reading issues such as anxiety depression aggression and trauma related symptoms (Amawi et al, 2014). Mental health issues and disabilities as well as the physical disabilities the makes the individual dependent on other members of the family and in such cases these vulnerable individuals are abused or domestically abused by their family members or caregivers (Bobonis et al, 2013). Mostly people with mental health issues would have said cataract symptoms are likely to suffer from domestic violence in the past and also post-traumatic stress disorder is well associated with domestic violence cases (Dar et al, 2013). Victims of domestic violence often experience the mixed mental health issues and emotions of fear anger confusion guilt shame and numbness that makes them restrict themselves or report such issues with anyone in society (Bettinson, 2014). Most of the women experiencing intimate partner violence reserve themselves from getting social help as they are at times brought up in in a manner in the families of where patriarchal society and norms are normalised and the accept it as their fate. Several reports on have noted that there is a clear link between domestic violence and mental health decline among the victim the and this indicates clear aspect of development of how strategies need to be determined for controlling domestic violence and safeguarding vulnerable adults in society (Dar et al, 2013).
Several strategies and legislation as well as policies are developed in the United Kingdom in order to control and manage or reduced domestic violence in society (Bobonis et al, 2013). Some of the specific strategies that can be focused on in order to reduce domestic violence are as follows, ethical policing is not an effective way of appropriately addressing domestic violence situation. It is explained that many cities a user's traditional policing methods to handle domestic violence cases and this does not show any reduced incidence of domestic violence auditor the offenders (Ger?m, 2016). Therefore, it is important that a focusing on the resources or hotspot locations of the community where domestic violence cases are height will help the police department to develop appropriate strategies such as a drug enforcement laws that will help in reducing domestic violence and intimate partner violence and triggers towards these violent incidents in private homes (Bettinson, 2014). Moreover, a shift towards intelligence gathering and crime trend analysis can be helpful in reducing domestic violence situation through modern policing techniques (Ger?m, 2016). It is very common to blame the victim in domestic violence cases a due to their vulnerability therefore there needs to be a strategy that focuses on offender rather than victim to better address the underlying issue. In order to do so the victims in need to be well educated through social and community services first lead to identify their vulnerability and report the underlying domestic issue with appropriate facility (Bettinson, 2014). Most of the cases find it difficult to hold offenders accountable and this needs to be changed as an arrest policy for domestic violence need to be reformed and the social services and community care needs to focus on the victims and establishing the psychological health so that they can take better decisions of their own health and wellbeing (Ger?m et al, 2016). An offender focusses the domestic violence initiative needs to be implemented with appropriate policies and a framework that can also have cost saving benefits as well as they include stricter laws for offenders (Bettinson, 2014). Moreover, it is seen that there are several new programs and ways that can be used to implement community is domestic violence prevention and thinking where they can help the victims and vulnerable groups by safeguarding them and having appropriate Health promotion and education program for their wellbeing.
Conclusion
The overall evaluation in the essay identify the that domestic violence is one of the crucial aspects of the society in modern world. The rising rates of domestic violence and its mental and physical health impact on the victims majorly the vulnerable adults in society is huge and their strategies are required to control and manage this element in society in order to develop better living and quality of life for the vulnerable groups. Strategies of a collective working and team working as well as an inter-agency working are helpful in determining better policing and community and social work services for the victims of domestic violence as well as a promoter mental health services and care for them in order to establish appropriate quality of life and reduce the cases of domestic violence all across the United Kingdom.
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