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Theme: (Education.)

Topic: (The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children)

Title: (The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children: the author is trying to advocate on impact of domestic violence on children and how to reduce it from happening.)

Intended audience: (Public)

Writer background: (The author is a journalist at Irish Probation Journal)

Writer’s angle: (The topic presented has more than one dimension as they are individuals who do not have children but they practice domestic violence which affects them emotionally and on health)

Source Summary

As the article pointed out that the paper summarizes the key messages from the research literature on dominance and effects of domestic violence on children and on how professionals should fight against it.

As mentioned by the author Dr John Devaney,” the effects of domestic violence on children can affect them in several ways and this should be taken seriously by the society or professional groups”. According to Dr John Devaney, whilst domestic violence is not a new issue as it has existed in the past thirty years and awareness has been created to the public. In his analysis, several evidence has been advocated by different authors on impact of domestic violence on children. Basically, the most emphasis was based on a comprehensive research made in Northern Ireland published by several authors such as Carmichael, Watson and Parsons, Smith et al, Northern Ireland Policing Board, Coleman et al and Monckton Smith et al.

Children can only be exposed to domestic violence if they stay with individuals practicing it.Its evident that parents or guardians exposed their children to domestic violence. Based in the research carried in Northern Ireland, women were reported to have been the victims of domestic violence as compared to men, this was after continuous interviews, representatives, experience and perception on domestic violence to them mostly in their private homes (Carmichael, 2008).Domestic violence involves severe physical behavior, sexual or emotional from other individuals who leave the same place to the victim. In the republic of Ireland, women and men reported that they were mostly affected by their partners under influence (Watson and Parsons, 2005) but few of them report the matter to the police since they saw it as their private life (Smith et al., 2012).

Children are exposed to violence as they view it happening from their parents or guardians. Sometimes children may not acknowledge if violence is being undertaken but however, they experience it from their sense (Swanston et al., 2014).Though getting information on victimization from children is hard, NSPCC conducted a research across United Kingdom are come up with the information on children comprising of young adult reporting the existence of domestic violence from their parents (Radford etal., 2011).Children are more aware of domestic violence as compared to their parents(Buckley et al., 2007; Swanston et al., 2014).Some of the theories have been developed such as attachment theory which shows that children affected when they are in contact to their parents or guardians develop mental problem or working ways on their own routine(Howe, 2011). This has impacted children on emotion, mental, health and even social problems in both short and long term experience. (Kitzman et al., 2003; Wolfe et al., 2003; Evans et al., 2008).However, children are mostly affected in developmental and behavioral in a wide range as compared to children who are not exposed (Kitzmann et al. 2003).

Several interventions have been kept in place to ensure that children are protected from domestic violence. This include the debate that is carried on whether initiating the programs on domestic violence in the presence of children has helped to fight protect children against domestic violence Also professionals such as policemen and health who have undertaken great skills in the field can be helpful to both parents and children in responding to any aspects on domestic violence (Stanley et al., 2009).Schools should also play vital roles in identifying children impacted with domestic violence (Eigenberg et al., 2012)So as they are taken to the best place for them (British Medical Association, 2007).

I agree with the author on domestic violence existence. Even now, domestic violence still exists and it has advance effect on young children. It’s being done in several places in the world. An example of the evidence was reported by abc news on 11th Jan 2016 still gives an evidence of domestic violence. The author is persuasive in his main point as he mentioned several literatures that have carried comprehensive research on the same. The audiences being the public are well versed with the impact and given alternative on how to handle the issue. This makes the author trustworthy because of his publications of different literature based on domestic violence. The author have presented the statements of facts from other literature such as domestic violence existence from past 30 years which are persuasive to the audience to take it as a great impact on their children. It’s very emotional for a child to sees his/her mother beaten by the father as this will create a bad image to their mind and they may be affected by doing the same in future. This document has been presented well and organized by the author as it displays every aspects based on his intention.

References

Carmichael, M. (2008), Experiences of domestic violence: findings from the 2006/07 Northern Ireland crime survey, Belfast: NISRA

Watson, D. and Parsons, S. (2005), Domestic Abuse of Women and Men in Ireland: Report on the National Study of Domestic Abuse, Dublin: National Crime Council

Smith et al., (2012), Homicides, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2010/11: Supplementary Volume 2 to Crime in England and Wales 2010/11, London: Home Office

Swanston et al.,(2014), ‘Towards a richer understanding of school-age children’s experiences of domestic violence: The voices of children and their mothers’, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 19 no. 2, pp. 184–201

Radford et al.,(2011), Child Abuse and Neglect in the UK Today, London: NSPCC

Buckley et al.,(2007), ‘Listen to Me! Children’s Experiences of Domestic Violence’, Child Abuse Review, vol. 16, pp. 296–310

Howe, D. (2011), Attachment across the lifecourse: a brief introduction, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Kitzman et al.,(2003), ‘Child Witnesses to Domestic Violence: A meta-analytic review’, Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology, vol., 71, pp. 339–352

Wolfe et al.,(2003), ‘The Effects of Children’s Exposure to Domestic Violence: A meta-analysis and critique’, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 171–187

Evans et al., (2008), ‘Exposure to Domestic Violence: A meta-analysis of child and adolescent outcomes’, Aggression and Violent Behavior,vol. 13, pp. 131–40

Stanley et al., (2009), Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence: Police and children’s social services’ responses,London: NSPCC

Eigenberg et al., (2012), ‘Confronting the Complexities of Domestic Violence: A Social Prescription for Rethinking Police Training’, Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 122–145

British Medical Association (2007), Domestic Abuse – A report from the BMA Board of

Science, London: BMA

(n.d.). Retrieved January 13, 2016, from http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/issues/domestic-violence.htm