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The committee spent a good deal of time reviewing what is known about why people behave violently. Much has been written on this complex subject and it was clear to us that we should beware of superficial explanations. (Violent Behavior) Bearing in mind that the risk of violence depends on the interaction of a number […]
The committee spent a good deal of time reviewing what is known about why people behave violently. Much has been written on this complex subject and it was clear to us that we should beware of superficial explanations. (Violent Behavior)
Bearing in mind that the risk of violence depends on the interaction of a number of possible factors, we identified what we regarded as the most significant of these. As far as the particular phenomenon of domestic violence is concerned, the following factors must be regarded as the most significant.
Violent behaviour is any behaviour that causes another person any injury to the body that interferes with a person’s health or comfort, or that places them in fear of being injured. The injury only has to be slight – it can include pain or bruising. Violent behaviour is an offence and can carry very serious penalties.
Violence generally is more common in those societies characterised by widespread poverty and inequality. In Australia, both victims of violence and violent offenders tend to be drawn from the most disadvantaged socioeconomic groups. Although we do not know whether a direct relationship exists between poverty and domestic violence, we can assume that stress engendered by poverty may play its part.
Straus et al in their study of violence in American families, found that poor, unemployed men more often lived in violent households than men whose families were ‘well-to-do’. It is likely that similar findings would be made in Australia.
Taken from Family Violence, P. 289 ‘explanations for violent behavior’
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