How is family violence a social issue?

Question

How is family violence a social issue?

Answer 1

if it's ok in the family, it leaks out into society, where there are rules against it. someone is bound to get arrested.

Answer 2

It effects the children who are involved or see it happen everyday in their own house. When they get used to it, they treat others the same way and its not really their fault. Or, they hate it so much they feel they can take it out on others to feel powerful and happy. Domestic violence is a huge and unfortunately effects so many kids.And like clinton7 said, it leads to drug using and addiction.

Answer 3

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A family is a social unit.

Vioence is a crime, which is a social concept.

Society can allow family violence to go unchecked, or can do things to make it less common, end bad situations, and help the victims to heal.

Why wouldn't it be a social issue? It's got "social" written all over it!

Answer 4

This is an issue of money and where we want to spend it. It seems more economical and humane to spend this money on the front-end, getting women counseling and help to get out of the situation. If we wait to spend it on the back-end then it's jail/ prison, foster care and likely similar institutional costs for the children, as they are likely to become enmeshed in the cycle of abuse, as Clint says.

Answer 5

depends on what type of violence your talking about..

violence against women, is a social issue, because they are to scared to leave, and most women end up dead, or hurt badly....and then this causes children to get caught up in the middle, and will either be without there mother, or end up without both parents..so who's left to take them..social service..and then tax dollars pay that, and prison we pay that...

violence against children, they can't take up for themselves, and if action isn't taken, WELL< you watch the news right...

all the above is a social issue..tax payers money will do one or the other...pay for foster care, or prison ..

Answer 6

It becomes a social issue when the police need to be involved to protect the innocent.  Any of the innocents being abused need someone to stand up for them.  While it might seem that society should not get involved in private homes, I'd hate to see what it would be like if no one got involved.  There have been so many severely abused people...  I, for one am glad society has stepped in.  I just wish they didn't HAVE to.  I wish people would be responsible for themselves.

Answer 7

Domestic violence is very likely to become a cycle of violence within a family unit.  Children who were abused are more likely to be abusers themselves.  So in this aspect, it does become a social issue.

Also, abused children are more likely to be truant, suffer from health problems, fail school, become drug users, and are more likely to be suicidal.  Also, in prison studies, you will find a lot of prisoners were abused as a child, so criminality may be correlated to family violence in some way.  Remember, correlation does not mean causation.  Clint

Answer 8

It's a social issue because as a society we collectively make decisions about what consider right and wrong or tollerable/intollerable. Family violence is something Western Society has deemed intollerable or wrong and it therefore directs services and resources towards minimising the effects or preventing its occurance.

On an economical front in terms of demands on services there are more reasons:

1. victims of family violence become clients for social services

- food and housing following displacement

- counselling

- financial support if the perpetrator was the income earner

- services for behaviourally disturbed or displaced children as a result of trauma (foster care, counselling etc)

- medical services for injury caused by physical assault

2. Cost to legal systems

- Prison system: perpetrators become priosoners

- Police : police called to disputes, time taken to process offences

- Court system: time used by courts to settle disputes and process offences

On a more personal level, it effects people far beyond the primary family unit where the violence is occuring. For the vicims, it breaks down their ability to trust and build strong healthy relationships. Not surprisingly, they often become depressed, angry, unmotivated...and they become our neighbours, our employees, our employers. It breaks down our community and the level of relationship we can have with each other. Our sense of safety is replaced by a cautious distrust of others, which means less generosity, less openness, less sharing.

The cost is immeasurable.