Sociology of the Family | Assignment

Running head: SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY
Sociology of the family
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author note:

SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY1
Articles chosen
Kerr, A. (2019). How we are failing victims of family violence. Precedent (Sydney, NSW), (152), 16.
Soh, H. J., Grigg, J., Gurvich, C., Gavrilidis, E., & Kulkarni, J. (2018). Family violence: An insight into
perspectives and practices of Australian health practitioners. Journal of interpersonal violence,
0886260518760609.
Wendt, S., Natalier, K., Seymour, K., King, D., & Macaitis, K. (2019). Strengthening the Domestic and
Family Violence Workforce: Key Questions. Australian Social Work, 1-9.
Answer to question 2: From the research of Soh, Grigg, Gurvich, Gavrilidis, and Kulkarni (2018), it
has been identified that there has been various issues in developing a research paper. The prime issue
that has been identified is the family violence that takes place occurs due to various reasons.
Depending on the violence and to whom the violence is taking place the psychology of the exploiter
can be identified.
Answer to question 3: The author has developed the paper to make family violence evident in the
society of Melbourne. The paper clearly explains about the mental and physical condition of the
victim and their journey to come out of the situation. The paper has been developed to make people
aware of the facts that the prime reason behind family violence can be the psychological condition of
person committing crime or due to economic conditions.
Answer to question 4: According to the paper of Soh, it is evident that the violence takes place due
to retarded mentality of the people violating the family member. He has explained clearly in his paper
about the mentality a person suffers from that results in violence to the family members. Hence, there
has been discussions of the surveys wherein the reason has been evident.
Answer to question 5: The theory that has been discussed in the book is feminist theory. It is the
violence that has been taking place on women due to strong patriarchy. It has been one of the most