SOC201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Psychological Stress, Small Claims Court, Intimate Partner Violence
9 Dec 2013
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Chapter 12: resources for victims in the criminal and civil justice system. What the criminal justice system can offer the victim. Not much, because cjs primarily deals with the accused. Although key witness, and essential in many cases, victims are treated as secondary. Intimate partner violence (ipv): violence between individuals who are living in, or who have lived in, an intimate relationship. Domestic violence: all violence that occurs within the home, most often between family members: includes ipv, child abuse, elder abuse, violence between siblings, etc. Reports of physical assault, sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, economic deprivation, verbal degradation, and ongoing emotional abuse. Intimate terrorism: process where physical/sexual violence are some of the many tactics used with the explicit desire to control one"s partner, often completely. Women being treated equally under the law, but lacked the physical attributes and social opportunities. Women were more likely to be victimized by their intimate partner, while men by strangers.
