Primary prevention of domestic violence.

Bored: A Pandemic of Domestic Violence

Partner Abuse ◽

10.1891/pa-2020-0022 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 80-93

Author(s):

Doris Sommer ◽

Josefa Ros Velasco ◽

Marco Abarca

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Human Rights ◽

Primary Prevention ◽

Psychological Stress ◽

The State ◽

Intimate Partners ◽

Knowing How ◽

Freedom Of Movement ◽

New Approaches ◽

Reasonable Answers

Alarm spreads among potential victims of domestic violence as cases multiply during the confinement required by COVID19, and authorities face the growing frustration of not knowing how to respond. The question of what to do begs the question of why the lockdown increases domestic violence. Loss of jobs, alcohol, and psychological stress are reasonable answers; but they are predictable and don't suggest new approaches for remedy. This essay considers an unsuspected if obvious trigger of violence at home. Boredom. It is a stressor that becomes intolerable as the pandemic lockdown continues. Since boredom is a volatile condition associated with the lack of engagement, and since boredom is resolved either creatively or violently, an evident program for primary prevention would be to provide disgruntled and potentially aggressive intimate partners with engaging activities. These activities address a responsibility of the State. When the State turns homes into places of involuntary confinement, it levies serious limitations on a range of human rights. Therefore, the State's obligation to address risks, including boredom, is a corollary to restricting freedom of movement. Perhaps the strategy to provide programs will face objections and skepticism. Why should potential perpetrators of violence be beneficiaries of pleasurable programs? And how can pleasure be a remedy when it carries a stigma of irresponsibility or sin? But a practical response to the spike in domestic violence will have to overcome this irrational stigma to become more strategic than moralizing (Sommer, 2014). We should address the spiral of aggression in ways that are effective, not reactive.

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Primary Prevention Policies to Face Domestic Violence against Women: Lessons from Australia to Brazil

International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy ◽

10.5204/ijcjsd.1807 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Thiago Pierobom de Ávila ◽

Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Primary Prevention ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Gender Violence ◽

Prevention Policies ◽

Domestic Violence Against Women

This paper analyses the primary prevention policies in Australia to tackle domestic violence against women, at the national and state levels, as they relate to gender and other strengthening factors. It also discusses how these experiences are related to Brazilian policies. The article analyses the backlash in Brazil to the promotion of gender equality and indicates possible inspiration for policies related to reducing the strengthening factors of gender violence.

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Exposure to Domestic Violence: Challenges and Issues of Primary Prevention for Children

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e621642012-174 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Genevieve Lessard ◽

Annie Dumont ◽

Rhea Delisle ◽

Kathy Mathieu ◽

Patricia St-Hilaire ◽

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Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Primary Prevention ◽

Exposure To Domestic Violence

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Developing domestic violence primary prevention capacity through a community of practice project: Learnings from Alberta, Canada

Cogent Medicine ◽

10.1080/2331205x.2017.1333697 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1333697

Author(s):

Caroline Claussen ◽

Lana M. Wells ◽

Laura Aspenlieder ◽

Sophia Boutilier ◽

Albert Lee

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Primary Prevention ◽

Community Of Practice

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Domestic violence in the context of the education of seniors

Journal of Education Culture and Society ◽

10.15503/jecs20161.103.112 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 103-112

Author(s):

KATEŘINA ŠMEJKALOVÁ

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Primary Prevention ◽

Target Group ◽

Third Age ◽

The Third ◽

Exploratory Investigation ◽

Victims Of Crime ◽

The University

The article discusses domestic violence as dangerous, unlawful and violent conduct, which currently threatens a generation of seniors. The author stresses the need for primary prevention of domestic violence in the context of the education of seniors, at the University of the Third Age. In the text we present the content focus of preventative lectures to the target group of seniors. In connection with the content of primary prevention is highlighted to the opportunity to help the victims of domestic violence through the association for assistance to victims of crime „Bílý kruh bezpečí“. On the basis of the exploratory investigation, in the text there where presented the views at the seniors on the issue of the domestic violence.

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