Domestic Abuse

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that have been Victora 2 physically or emotionally abused by their husbands or families. These women suffer from many different types of domestic violence but the cause is just one— abuse.
Abuse happens to many women but most of the time it is not reported to the police. "Abuse is an underreported crime, it is underreported for two reasons: a) it occurs in the privacy of one’s home where there are typically no witnesses aside from family member’s to detect and report it and b) though violence is by no means restricted to the lower classes, middle- and upper class violence is likely to go unreported to the police" (Stets 3). Why it is not reported to the police could be the result of the emotions that are building up inside the victim’s head. These women feel apprehensive in reporting the abuse because they are scared of what the abuser will do to them. They were afraid because if he found out that they called the police he might hurt them or their children even more than he ...

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