PSY 3123 Chapter Notes -Battered Person Syndrome, Domestic Violence, Sibling Abuse
22 Apr 2013
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Abuse and violence in the family chapter. Violence defined as an act intended to physical hurt another person. Abuse refers to a situation in which a person takes advantage of a less powerful person. Children were considered the property of their parents, exspecially the fathers decided if they would live or die: infanticide killing of babes was considered a form of birth control. An act for prevention of cruelty to better protection of children . Battered child syndrome coined by henry kempe in 1960"s. Included separate offence of wife battering where the victim had to demonstrate degree of bodily harm that was required in cases od assault by a stranger. In canada, was not till 1983 that a man could be charged for raping his wife. Spousal violence still doesn"t appear as specific offence under the. Females were twice as likely as males to be victims of a inmate partner.
