Domestic crimes are offences that are committed at home. These acts include acts of abuse
towards partner or family member that happens in the home can be both physical: assault,
murder and torture etc or psychological: verbal abuse, controlling behaviour, dictating
friendship, in insulting mental ill health- convincing partner there is something wrong with
them a real life example is BBC –“my sister took her life, petrified at facing her ex in court”
usually offences are hidden and not reported.
Domestic abuse is against the law and morally in society looked down upon
The typical victim in domestic crimes are not exclusive but typically female, the girlfriend,
wive in the relationship-not age specified, however anyone that lives with a spouse or a
family member can be a victim to domestic violence for example Clare Wood a mother from
Manchester who met George Appleton on a dating site Appleton had a history of abuse
towards women, although Clare was unaware. Resulted in her being raped, strangled and set
alight in her own home. The organisation WHO found one in three women are subjected to
partner violence
The typical of offender is perceived as a man/men, such as boyfriends and husbands although
it can vary widely for example “man kills three, then himself in Brooklyn Domestic-violence
shooting”
The reason men usually are perceived as a typical offender in this offence is in a relationship
stereotypically men are seen as the dominant one in the couple, therefore leading them to
believe they can control and hurt their significant other.
For level of awareness it is generally LOW victims usually fear reporting the crime as they’re
abuser may return, on the news manly high profile cases are publicised and reported to the
public for example CSEW showed that an estimate 2.3 million adults aged 16-74 year old has
experienced domestic abuse.
Another offence is hate crime which is any regular crime aggravated by: race, religion, sexual
orientation, disability And gender in short having a hate element towards the victim, for
example racially motivated crimes. the level of hate in the offence is likely to increase the
towards partner or family member that happens in the home can be both physical: assault,
murder and torture etc or psychological: verbal abuse, controlling behaviour, dictating
friendship, in insulting mental ill health- convincing partner there is something wrong with
them a real life example is BBC –“my sister took her life, petrified at facing her ex in court”
usually offences are hidden and not reported.
Domestic abuse is against the law and morally in society looked down upon
The typical victim in domestic crimes are not exclusive but typically female, the girlfriend,
wive in the relationship-not age specified, however anyone that lives with a spouse or a
family member can be a victim to domestic violence for example Clare Wood a mother from
Manchester who met George Appleton on a dating site Appleton had a history of abuse
towards women, although Clare was unaware. Resulted in her being raped, strangled and set
alight in her own home. The organisation WHO found one in three women are subjected to
partner violence
The typical of offender is perceived as a man/men, such as boyfriends and husbands although
it can vary widely for example “man kills three, then himself in Brooklyn Domestic-violence
shooting”
The reason men usually are perceived as a typical offender in this offence is in a relationship
stereotypically men are seen as the dominant one in the couple, therefore leading them to
believe they can control and hurt their significant other.
For level of awareness it is generally LOW victims usually fear reporting the crime as they’re
abuser may return, on the news manly high profile cases are publicised and reported to the
public for example CSEW showed that an estimate 2.3 million adults aged 16-74 year old has
experienced domestic abuse.
Another offence is hate crime which is any regular crime aggravated by: race, religion, sexual
orientation, disability And gender in short having a hate element towards the victim, for
example racially motivated crimes. the level of hate in the offence is likely to increase the
