Abuse
What is the cycle of violence?
The cycle of violence looks at the repetitive nature of perpetrator's actions that hinder a victim's
ability to leave an abusive relationship. ... It describes the phases an abusive relationship moves
through in the lead up to a violent event and its follow-up.
¼ or 1/7 women, incident rates can be high
It is very likely that ¼ women have been impacted
Very predictable pattern for cycle of violence
Reptitive
Hard to leave
Starts with tension
Can happen over weeks, years months
Category of time, building on tsnions, threat, guilt, fear, balloon => builds è pops and abuser
lashes out. Sexual, financial, emotnioal, release from abuser => honeymoon phase where
abuser apologizes or makes up for it, moves back on tension phase. Blames on abused for the
lashing out, becomes fault of vcitm, and deny the abuse that it every happened
Happens over and over agin
Can happen more quickly.
Happens pretty predictably
Cycles of violence = pattern
Violence within the Family
, CDC's most recent National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS).
National intimate partner survey!
Excellent source for infomatoin and trends and prevention,
What it is. Sexual violence and stalking, affect many people per minute
Has high rates of transmission and learned thing. Witnesses hostiel relsationships, puts you at
risk for being abused/abuser as sdult
EXPOSRUE risk for repeat
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Intimate Partner Violence
Primary prevention: Dating Matters is a Comprehensive Approach to Prevent Teen Dating
Violence
Focuses on 11-14 year old youth in high risk urban communities
About 1 in 4 women and nearly 1 in 10 men have experienced contact sexual violence, physical
violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime and reported some form of
IPV-related impact. (CDC, 2019)
Over 43 million women and 38 million men experienced psychological aggression by an intimate
partner in their lifetime.
https://youtu.be/_i8CE029Hh8 – dating matters - program
Women are higher risk