research about domestic violence in KSA and USA

Introduction

Domestic Violence has been a global issue that does not seem related to culture or economic development. This research proposes to analyze domestic violence in two countries that are different both in term of legal system and economic development the first county is the united states which is in highly developed society and in form of non-religious law. The second country is the kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is a sharia law country and is not as technological advance as the United Sates. The expectation is that domestic violence is a problem in both society. Although, it may have a different form.

The limitation of the study is societies are dynamic in their ways of doing things, and the same applies to governments, which may change rules and laws that govern their people from time to time. Therefore, it is indeed difficult to know what new steps society can take any day regarding domestic violence.

The importance of this research paper is that Domestic violence, especially violence against women is a thing of the past, where many traditions and cultures have already done away with conducting violence against women. The research herein looks into finding out if there are some religions, tradition, cultures, and political settings in the modern society that still hold on to some of these aspects that demonstrate promotion of domestic violence. It is apparent that domestic violence is a vice whose significant victims are women, but the research sheds lighter on this issue, from the perspective of traditional and societal shaping.

Literature review

Ten articles addressing the issue of domestic violence in both the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were reviewed, where five articles were addressing various issues revolving around domestic violence in each of the two countries. These articles looked into primarily domestic violence where intimate partners fight or get involved in a confrontation. Various primary causes of these confrontations were looked at in the aspect of whom they are directed to, major causes, how life-threatening they are to the victims, and what consequences they have to both the victim and the perpetrator. Statistical and demographical data was studied, where both in the United States and KSA, it was found that most women fall victims of domestic violence more than men. More involvement of guns in domestic violence was more prevalent in the U.S. more than in KSA (Bettinger-Lopez et al., 2011; The Women of Color Network, 2006; “National Family Safety Program…,” n.d.; Catalano, 2006).

Nonetheless, the government, non-governmental organizations, religion, and culture of U.S. does more in empowering women and protecting women more than in KSA. Typically, most of the domestic violence found in KSA is perpetrated by religion, which is also the core element of leadership. KSA is the only world’s Kingdom known to have retained laws and leadership strategies that discriminate against women, which makes them suffer in silence. Typically, there are not many cases of domestic violence reported in KSA, but the reason remains the fact that if a woman is sexually harassed or battered up by her husband, an eyewitness—who must be an adult male must testify of the same claim, according to the Sharia law of the land (“Domestic Violence & Sexual…,” 2014; Tønnessen, 2016; Catalano, 2006). On the other hand, in the United States, there are hotlines where a victim can ask for immediate help from the authorities. The law then protects the victims, and the perpetrators are hunted and arrested, and by the law, justice is found.

The various means by which domestic violence is conducted include the use of tools of assault such as knives, guns, blunt metallic items, punches, slaps, insults and yelling, rape, pushing away, among other crude means. This applies to both countries. In the United States, women of color are found to fall victims of domestic violence more than white women. This discovery was made while relating domestic violence to ethnicity, culture, and traditions. Along with domestic violence, other vices take place in both countries, which include, but not limited to child abuse, violence against women, sexual harassment, among others (WMK, 2017; Rajkhan, 2014; Al Dosary, 2016). The most common impacts of domestic violence include causing medical conditions to victims, leading to depression, stress, anxiety and other mental disorders and other mental-related ailments, death, imprisonment of perpetrators, improper parenting to children, among others. Major causes of domestic violence include infidelity, drug abuse, traditions and culture, financial constraints in the house, among others.

Research question

Which legal system between the USA and KSA has more comprehensive domestic violence laws?

Variables

Various independent and dependent variables were the core drivers and theme creators. Primarily, the issue involved domestic violence. The primary variables include the subjects that get involved in domestic violence, who happen to be intimate partners. Other secondary parties that are indirectly involved are children, the authorities, and religious leaders in some cases. Other variables include the modes in which domestic violence is conducted. Then, the tools and equipment used by perpetrators are also featured at. Other two primary variables are the regions—USA and KSA in this literature. Other variables featured at are the outcomes of domestic violence and their severity. Concerning causes, they are reduced from general perspectives which include culture, religion, traditions, governance, and morals and ethics as well as human behavior—both genetic and acquired, among others. Other variables featured at are the laws put in place regarding domestic violence in these lands.

Methodology

There are several types of methodologies used for a research. In this study, the methodology uses data analyze and a comparative analysis between the united states law and the Kingdome of Saudi Arabia law, it’s an inductive research paper.

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Conclusion

This research study a global issue which is domestic violence that doesn't seem related to culture or economic development. This research will analyze domestic violence in two countries that are both different in the legal system, United State and Saudi Arabia. The expectation is that domestic violence is a big problem in both society. 

The limitation of the study is societies are dynamic in their ways of doing things, and the same applies to governments, which may change rules and laws that govern their people from time to time. Therefore, it is indeed difficult to know what new steps society can take any day regarding domestic violence.

The importance of this research paper is that Domestic violence, especially violence against women is a thing of the past, where many traditions and cultures have already done away with conducting violence against women. The research herein looks into finding out if there are some religions, tradition, cultures, and political settings in the modern society that still hold on to some of these aspects that demonstrate promotion of domestic violence. It is apparent that domestic violence is a vice whose significant victims are women, but the research sheds lighter on this issue, from the perspective of traditional and societal shaping

Bibliography

Al Dosary, A. H. (2016). Health impact of domestic violence against Saudi women: cross sectional study. International journal of health sciences, 10(2), 165.