Intimate Partner Violence Analysis

Intimate partner violence is a very significant yet preventable public health problem affecting millions of people across the world. It can be physical, psychological or sexual violence by a former or current intimate partner. This type of violence is common among women and is usually always in the form of aggression or stalking. It entails both the physical and emotional hurt stirred by coercive and assaultive behaviors. The following four annotations clearly explain, clarify, link and critique intimate partner violence and outlays its effects in equal measure.
Judith M. McFarlane, J. Y. (2003, September 4). An Analysis of 330 Black, White and Hispanic Children. Behaviors of Children Who Are Exposed and Not Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence, …show more content…
It compares the behavioral difference between black, white and Hispanic children who have been exposed to intimate partner violence and those who have not experienced it. The authors employ the use of Child Behavior Checklist to conduct their research and come up with accurate findings. Unlike other articles, this one categorizing the behavioral problems into internal and external problems, the article proves that children exposed to intimate partner violence exhibit negative internal and external behaviors i.e. depression, anxiety, withdrawal, aggression and rule breaking. The negative behaviors present in these children were absent in those children with no exposure to intimate partner violence. The articles’ findings prove how these two types of children differ significantly in their internal and external behaviors. Through its well defined research methods, it evaluates the effect of intimate partner violence on children thus making it a relevant research source on this topic. It directs criminal justice professional to consider children while handling such cases thus making it relevant in this …show more content…
The author mainly focuses on affected women by looking at their prevalence of mental health problems. Golding outlays statistics that link intimate partner violence to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and suicidality. She employs the use of weighted mean, figures and ratios to outline the impact of this violence on women. Although the entire research does not address the criterion for causal inferences, it alludes to the fact that intimate partner violence increases the risk of mental health problems among women. This approach helps us to understand that careful attention is needed for one to conceptualize this problem. The authors consistence, depth and credibility makes her work qualify as a peer-reviewed article that is essential for research on intimate partner violence as a risk factor for mental disorder. It plays a great role in development of a criminal jusice training program bychanneling case considerations towards the possible health effects ofthiskind of

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