CJ 333 Family and Domestic Violence

Unit 3

Dr. Lois A. Wims

Many Theories…

Is using violence in a domestic situation a “learned response?”

Where would such learning occur?

Can what is learned be ‘unlearned?’

How?

Are some people inherently more violent in relationships than others?

Testosterone and aggressionEvolutionary influence?A response to stressA ‘profile’ of certain perpetrators of domestic

violence (the murder suicide or the kill the family situation) typically comes back to:

Powerless outside the homeMiddle aged white maleRecent job loss or lack of respect in the

workplaceDepression turned outward

Is domestic violence cultural and effective?

Does violence ‘work’ in relationships?

Is their social acceptance of violence in relationship in this culture?

In others?

Where does that leave a police officer?

Examples

Go watch Titanic for a minute

Beer commercials “why ask why?” campaign

Collect your own examples of cultural acceptance of DV and post on the message board