Domestic Abuse and Its Impact on the Prepetrator, Victim, and Bystander & Supporting Services
Domestic Abuse and Its Impact on the Perpetrator, Victim, and Bystander & Supporting Services Physical violence Physical violence is the type of violence that involves physical contact and attempting to cause pain and injury. In the following sections, we will focus on domestic physical violence - hitting. Impact of the violence on the perpetrator If the physical violence happens in an abusive relationship or domestic violence, the attempt of the perpetrator is to gain total control of the victim. The perpetrators might constantly accuse the victims of being unfaithful, or never care about the perpetrators, as sometimes the perpetrators might have low self-esteem. They also keep on track of the victim, or sometimes even control all the money the victims spend; so once the victims do something against these restricts, for example, trying to run away, the perpetrators will get angry and irritated and harm the victim. They often feel released after a series of hittings, kic...