Annotated Bibliography: Sociological Perspectives on Domestic Violence

This assignment presents an annotated bibliography on the topic of domestic violence, examining it through a sociological lens. The bibliography includes summaries of key articles and research papers, focusing on various aspects of domestic violence, including physical, psychological, and economic abuse, as well as the impact on women, children, and individuals with mental illness. The sources explore connections between domestic violence and broader societal issues, such as gender discrimination and terrorism. The analysis also considers the role of government intervention and the importance of empowerment in addressing and mitigating the effects of domestic violence. The selected articles represent diverse perspectives, including discussions on cultural contexts, human rights, and the need for increased awareness and ethical considerations in addressing this critical social issue. The bibliography aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the sociological understanding of domestic violence and its complex implications.

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Outline
Domestic violence is one of the worst social practices that people have seen. The extent
of this domestic violence has delineated the respect of the common people within the society.
The domestic abuse of children and women has raised a huge concern over the health issues for
the society. Social critics feel that this issue has become a huge concern for the society and well
being of most people in the world is in jeopardy (Cattaneo & Goodman, 2015). They think some
steps should be taken to stop this evil and provide all the people with the opportunities that they
deserve.
The violence against women has risen to a huge level because of certain reasons like
gender discrimination within the society and households as well (Pain, 2014). It has also been
noted from the various research works across the society that many people have become victims
of domestic violence in the hands of their beloved people only. There are various types of abuses
that can be classified in the recent times. It is physical abuse like hitting, drug abuse, pinching,
cutting, punching and others (Cattaneo & Goodman, 2015). The psychological abuse is also very
important to be noted in the patriarchal society. The sexual violence in the households also takes
place when a woman is sexually harassed by male members of the family.
It is against the law and ethical considerations as well. The critics believe awareness
among the people regarding ethical considerations to be followed in the society must be
increased to find out the solutions (Root & Brown, 2014). The family violence or domestic
violence has been recorded by the police departments in various countries on the spouses,
intimate people and children as well (Khalifeh et al., 2015). Special sociological and
psychological treatments must be provided to the people who have committed these activities in
their lives.

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In many cases it has been seen that many women and children are not able to report their
grievances to the police department because of the fear of being killed (Choudhry, & Herring,
2017). The economic abuse is also a kind of domestic violence where the earning member keeps
the entire financial control and neglects the responsibilities of people that rely on him.
Annotated Bibliography
Root, M. P., & Brown, L. (2014). An analysis of domestic violence in Asian American
communities: A multicultural approach to counseling. In Diversity and complexity in feminist
therapy (pp. 143-164). Routledge.
The authors of the article are Laura Brown and Maria Root. This article was published in
the year 2014 (Root & Brown, 2014). The authors have discussed about the oppression and
violence against the women in the society. Here the authors have spoken about the distinctions
made regarding the culture because these issues in the society have not been looked after
properly (Root & Brown, 2014). The domestic violence among the black skinned people in the
American society has been on the increase. The authors have done the research on the domestic
violence committed on the Asian American communities.
Pain, R. (2014). Everyday terrorism: Connecting domestic violence and global
terrorism. Progress in Human Geography, 38(4), 531-550.
The author Rachel Pain in this 2014 article has drawn on the connections between the
domestic violence and global terrorism (Pain, 2014). The author has found the connection
between these two aspects and the common thread between these two is to arouse fear in minds
of common people. The aggressive psychology of these people leads to the fact that people

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committing domestic violence believe that they should be in control in whatever way possible.
They try to evoke the fear and trauma in the minds of common people (Pain, 2014).
Choudhry, S., & Herring, J. (2017). Righting domestic violence. In Marital Rights (pp. 71-96).
Routledge.
The authors of this article are Shazia Choudhry and Jonathan Herring. The publication
year of this article is 2017 (Choudhry & Herring, 2017). The concept of domestic violence
within the constraints of marital relationship has been viewed in this paper. The human rights
approach and intervention of the government have been the main aspects of this article. The
authors opine that the government intervention will be a definite factor for mitigating these
issues of the social violence (Choudhry & Herring, 2017). The rights of the vulnerable adults
should be protected by the government.
Cattaneo, L. B., & Goodman, L. A. (2015). What is empowerment anyway? A model for
domestic violence practice, research, and evaluation. Psychology of Violence, 5(1), 84.
The above article had been published in the year 2015 and the authors are Lauren Bennett
Cattaneo and Lisa A. Goodman (Cattaneo & Goodman, 2015). The authors in this article have
spoken about the empowerment of women in the society and the ways they could overcome
these issues in the future. This article is very closely associated with the topic of the outline since
it highlights all the human rights that children and women deserve in their community (Cattaneo
& Goodman, 2015). The skill, self-esteem and knowledge of the women will be increased with
their empowerment.

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Khalifeh, H., Moran, P., Borschmann, R., Dean, K., Hart, C., Hogg, J., ... & Howard, L. M.
(2015). Domestic and sexual violence against patients with severe mental
illness. Psychological medicine, 45(4), 875-886.
There are seven authors of this article in collaboration process and it was published in
2015 (Khalife et al., 2015). All the authors had contributed to the research work. In this research
article, the authors have focused on the domestic and sexual violence that is being committed on
the critical patients with mental illness. Ethically this is completely shameful and any kind of
violence on people is completely illegal (Khalife et al., 2015). The authors have highlighted the
fact that patients with high SMI experience are definitely the victims of sexual and domestic
violence.

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References List
Cattaneo, L. B., & Goodman, L. A. (2015). What is empowerment anyway? A model for
domestic violence practice, research, and evaluation. Psychology of Violence, 5(1), 84.
Choudhry, S., & Herring, J. (2017). Righting domestic violence. In Marital Rights (pp. 71-96).
Routledge.
Khalifeh, H., Moran, P., Borschmann, R., Dean, K., Hart, C., Hogg, J., ... & Howard, L. M.
(2015). Domestic and sexual violence against patients with severe mental
illness. Psychological medicine, 45(4), 875-886.
Pain, R. (2014). Everyday terrorism: Connecting domestic violence and global
terrorism. Progress in Human Geography, 38(4), 531-550.
Root, M. P., & Brown, L. (2014). An analysis of domestic violence in Asian American
communities: A multicultural approach to counseling. In Diversity and complexity in
feminist therapy (pp. 143-164). Routledge.