Chinn & Associates has partnered with The Center for Violence Prevention in Pearl, Mississippi to bring you important information on Dealing with Domestic Abuse.
| WARNING SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE |
BATTERER
These are some characteristics common to perpetrators of domestic violence. |
VICTIM
Victims often display these characteristics. The longer the abuse continues, the more extreme these characteristics become. |
- Extreme Jealousy
- Controlling Behavior
- Unpredictable Behavior
- Unrealistic Expectations
- Isolates Victim
- Blames Others
- Minimizes or Denies Abuse
- Hypersensitive
- Cruel to Children or Animals
- Uses Force During Sex
- Verbally Abusive
- Sudden Mood Swings
- Past History of Battering
- Threatens Violence
- Breaks or Strikes Objects
- Uses Force During an Argument
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- Physical Signs of Injury
- Low Self-Esteem
- Depression
- Isolated From Family & Friends
- Blames Self
- Suffers from Anxiety
- Abusive Toward Others
- Neglects Self or Children
- Feels Hopeless
- Makes Excuses for Batterer
- Suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Self-Medicates With Drugs or Alcohol
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EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN
Children of all ages are negatively impacted by domestic abuse. There are no exceptions to this rule. This is a limited list of consequences some children suffer from abuse in the home. |
| PHYSICAL |
BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL |
COGNITIVE PROBLEMS |
- Physical Abuse
- Chronic Head Aches
- Stomach or Digestive Problems
- Bedwetting
- Increased or Decreased Appetite
- Trouble Sleeping
- Hair Pulling or Nail Biting
- Developmental Delays
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- Aggressive
- Angry
- Hostile
- Oppositional Behavior
- Fear
- Anxiety
- Withdrawal
- Depression
- Low Self-Esteem
- Nightmares
- Phobias
- Passive or Clingy
- Role Reversal
- Poor Impulse Control
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- Lower Cognitive Functioning
- Poor School Performance
- Lack of Conflict Resolution Skills
- Pro-Violence Attitude
- Belief in Rigid Gender Stereotypes
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- The U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse suggests that domestic violence may be the single major precursor to child abuse and neglect fatalities in this country.
- Studies suggest that between 3.3 and 10 million children are exposed to domestic violence annually.
- In a national survey of more than 6000 American families, 50 percent of the men who frequently assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children.
- Men who as children were exposed to their parents’ domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own wives as sons of nonviolent parents.
- Children who are exposed to domestic violence are more likely to exhibit behavioral and physical health problems including depression, anxiety, and violence towards peers. They are also more likely to attempt suicide, abuse drugs, and commit sexual assault crimes.
- Children who have been exposed to domestic violence suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, such as bed-wetting or nightmares, and were at greater risk then their peers of having allergies, asthma, gastrointestinal problems, headaches and flu.
- Each year about 324,000 pregnant women in the U.S. are battered by the men in their lives.
- Complications of pregnancy, including low birth weight, anemia, infections, and first and second trimester bleeding are significantly higher for abused women, as are maternal rates of depression, suicide attempts, tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use.
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| ABOUT THE CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION |
 The Center for Violence Prevention (CVP) is a private, nonprofit organization partnering with the communities it serves to provide innovative, quality solutions for individuals experiencing intergenerational cycles of abuse. Serving an eight county area in Central Mississippi (Rankin, Madison, Hinds, Simpson, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, and Yazoo) since the 1970’s, CVP is committed to providing a continuum of services to address the growing populations of at-risk children and adults in the Central Mississippi area as it offers an alternative to the continuing cycle of violence, abuse, neglect, and related traumas.
In 2009, The Center for Violence Prevention:
- Answered 526 crisis calls
- Provided emergency shelter for 133 women and children
- Assisted 52 non-residential clients with advocacy and therapy services
- Provided a state-certified daycare facility to our clients’ children
- Offered weekly group therapy sessions to shelter and non-shelter clients
- Provided intensive case management and advocacy services
- Started the Metro’s only Duluth-certified Batterer’s Intervention Program, which has approximately 50 court-ordered offenders enrolled at this time.
The Center for Violence Prevention
P.O. Box 6279 Pearl, MS 39288-6279
Phone: 601-932-4198 Fax: 601-936-7749 |
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