Definition:
>Domestic abuse involves the use of Examples:
violence, abuse or threatening
behaviour against a partner, ex- >Physical and sexual assaults and
partner or family member. rape
>Financial Abuse
Victims: >Emotional or psychological abuse
>Most victims are females aged 16-
24 and research also shows that
victims are more likely to suffer
multiple types of abuse and more
severe violence and control. Males
are less likely to be victims but still
could be
Individual Crime
Offenders: Domestic Abuse
>Majority of offenders are male.
Offenders are usually the partner or
ex-partner of the victim, although
other family members can also be
perpetrators.
Public Awareness:
>Low public awareness of Domestic Abuse because it takes place mainly in
the home, hidden from public and police.
>Victims are often too afraid to report the crime, which makes the problem
look smaller than it really is.
Criminal? Deviant?: Evidence:
>Domestic abuse is a >Clare Wood was strangled and set on fire by her ex-
crime and is widely partner George Appleton in 2009 in her home in
accepted as being Manchester. She died at age 36.
deviant behaviour
>Domestic abuse involves the use of Examples:
violence, abuse or threatening
behaviour against a partner, ex- >Physical and sexual assaults and
partner or family member. rape
>Financial Abuse
Victims: >Emotional or psychological abuse
>Most victims are females aged 16-
24 and research also shows that
victims are more likely to suffer
multiple types of abuse and more
severe violence and control. Males
are less likely to be victims but still
could be
Individual Crime
Offenders: Domestic Abuse
>Majority of offenders are male.
Offenders are usually the partner or
ex-partner of the victim, although
other family members can also be
perpetrators.
Public Awareness:
>Low public awareness of Domestic Abuse because it takes place mainly in
the home, hidden from public and police.
>Victims are often too afraid to report the crime, which makes the problem
look smaller than it really is.
Criminal? Deviant?: Evidence:
>Domestic abuse is a >Clare Wood was strangled and set on fire by her ex-
crime and is widely partner George Appleton in 2009 in her home in
accepted as being Manchester. She died at age 36.
deviant behaviour
