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Domestic Violence

2. Violence knows no color, age, or race; and neither do our services.

3. Agency Services Shelter Transitional Housing Supportive Counseling
Advocacy
Community Programs
Prevention Education
Professional Training
Protection from Abuse (PFA)
Crime Victim Compensation

4. The Problem:
Domestic Violence is abuse which occurs within a close personal or family relationship and which is used as a means of exercising power and control over another person.

5. Domestic Violence is Not confined to:
Socioeconomic status
Ethnicity
Religion
Race
Age
Gender

6. A Few Facts:
Battering is the single major cause of injury to women – more frequent than auto accidents, muggings and rapes combined.
Every 15 seconds a domestic violence incident is reported.
2,000 – 4,000 women are beaten to death annually.
4 out of 5 murders of women are committed at home.

7. A Few More Facts:
Almost half of all injuries presented by women to the ER occur in the context of abuse.
Close to 50% of batterers also abuse children.
One third of female homicide victims are killed by their husbands or boyfriends.

8. 2010 169 people died in 135 domestic violence incidents
DV IN PA
2010
169 people died in 135 domestic violence incidents

9. Who Died- 2010 Victims: 78 Female 55 Male
Youngest victim: 3 ½ week old baby
Oldest victim: 87-year-old woman
Perpetrators included a police officer and a college professor

10. How They Died 61 shot 24 stabbed Also: Beaten - Tortured
Strangled Drowned
Burned
Poisoned
Suffocated

11. How They Died… Perpetrators used: Bare hands Baseball bat Claw hammer
Hatchet
Shovel

12. Power & Control Tactics
Sexual coercion
Financial/Economic Abuse
Sexism
Using Children
Denying, Minimizing, and Blaming
Isolation & Extreme Jealousy
Intimidation & Threats
Emotional/Verbal Abuse

13. Why She Stays Love Unknown Religion Money Fear Family Marriage
Lack of Support System

14. Why we don’t ask? Fear of offending the patient
Denial of prevalence in a certain population
Fear of opening a Pandora’s box that will be too difficult for an already symptomatic patient to deal with
Our own personal history

15. What NOT to Do Address the issue with partner present
Assume you must convince her to leave
Suggest marital counseling
Give unsolicited advice
Tell her to go to a shelter
Be annoyed if the victim has not done something by her next appointment

16. What To Do Provide information Assess safety Create safety plan
Make accurate diagnosis
Document carefully
Provide referrals

17. When documenting, you can use a body map.

18. Document: Where the bruises are
Are they fresh or been there a number of days
Write verbatim what the victim has said.
This can be helpful later in a court process

19. Assess Immediate Needs
Safety FIRST
Is the victim’s partner here now or likely to return?
Does she want you to call security or the police?
Does she want to leave with her partner?
Does she need to call someone to pick up her children?
Does she need to be home by a certain time to avoid further abuse?

20. Remember to use RADAR to recognize and treat domestic violence
R – Remember to ask
A – Ask directly
D – Document findings
A – Assess safety
R – Review options

21. Please call an Advocate from the Crisis Shelter
24 hours a day / 7 days a week

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