Domestic Abuse in the US
Intimate Partner Violence – Causes, Frequency, and Risk Factors in the US
As a result of the research it was determined that some of the policies, such as removing firearms in homes where there is domestic violence, offering increased assistance and counseling to the victims, and prosecuting the violent abusers, have helped women get away from violent partners and decreased the number of domestic violence over the years.
What was also revealed was that some of the policies may not be working and in fact, could be detrimental to the victims. Intervention, for example, sometimes has an adverse effect and can actually endanger the victims because of an increase in retaliatory behavior by the abusers.
It was also determined that those domestic abusers who are considered to be “chronically aggressive” will continue to be abusive no matter what type of intervention is given including arrest.
By identifying the major risk factors and causes of domestic violence, the NIJ can focus their efforts where it most needed and modify policies that are found to be ineffective or detrimental.
Major Risk Factors and Causes of Domestic Violence
Researchers found that the following situations either put people at greater risk of being a victim of intimate partner violence, or were the actual causes of domestic violence.
Early Parenthood
Women who became mothers at the age of 21 or under are twice more likely to become victims of domestic violence than women who became mothers at an older age.
Men who have fathered children by age 21 were more than three times as likely to be abusers as men who were not fathers at that age.
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