Chapter 6, Heavy Hands, focuses on Adolescent Perpetrators. The main reason that I chose to discuss the information within Chapter 6 is due to the information on the consequences that can arise from witnessing Domestic Violence and the Intergenerational Cycle of Violence.

Studies show that school-age children who are raised in homes where they witness DV are more likely to develop psychological problems such as:
       ·         Low self-esteem, post traumatic stress, and internalizing/externalizing problems.

Research suggests that:

·         1/3 of people will subject their children to maltreatment.

·         Child victims have a higher risk of becoming offenders of criminal behavior.

·         Being abused or neglected as a child increases likelihood of arrest as juvenile by 59%, as an adult by 28%, and arrest for violent crimes by 30%.

·         Men who witness their parents physically attack each other are believed to be more likely to hit their own wives and women are more likely to be victims as adults.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). "Violence Prevention."provides resources and information to prevent violence. There are links for information pertaining to different age groups and different types of violence such as sexual, intimate partner, global, etc.  Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/

 The Prevention Institute brings research, preparation, and examination to today's pressing health and safety concerns. Its primary goal is to accomplish health and safety, to improve community surroundings equitably, and to serve as a focal point for primary prevention practice. Retrived from http://www.preventioninstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=187&Itemid=276

This video clip , Domestic Violence Commerical," portrays the short and long term effects of children witnessing domestic violence or abuses themselves. Retrieved from

http://youtu.be/i_Vk7-9NCag

This online news article discusses how prevention and counseling can have positive outcomes after children have been exposed to domestic violence and abuse.

http://www.swbooster.com/Living/Family/2012-02-09/article-2890319/Children-and-interpersonal-violence/1

Herrenkohl, R., Herrenkohl, T., Moylan, C., Russo, M., Sousa, C., Tajima, E. “Journal of Family Violence”; (Jan2010). This scholarly article discusses the effects of children witnessing domestic violence such as depression, and internalizing and externalizing. Retrieved from http://ida.lib.uidaho.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=47128655&site=ehost-live


Nickelback (2000) writes about abuse and when enough is enough:

                                                                               "Never Again"

He's drunk again, it's time to fight
She must have done something wrong tonight
The living room becomes a boxing ring
It's time to run when you see him
Clenching his hands
She's just a woman
Never Again

I hear her scream, from down the hall
Amazing she can even talk at all
She cries to me, Go back to bed
I'm terrified that she'll wind up
Dead in his hands, She's just a woman
Never Again

Been there before, but not like this
Seen it before, but not like this
Never before have I ever
Seen it this bad
She's just a woman
Never Again

Just tell the nurse, you slipped and fell
It starts to sting as it starts to swell
She looks at you, she wants the truth
It's right out there in the waiting room
With those hands
Lookin just as sweet as he can
Never Again

Seen it before, but not like this
Been there before, but not like this
Never before have I ever
Seen it this bad
She's just a woman
Never Again

Father's a name you haven't earned yet
You're just a child with a temper
Haven't you heard "Don't hit a lady"?
Kickin' your ass would be a pleasure

He's drunk again, it's time to fight
Same old shit, just on a different night
She grabs the gun, she's had enough
Tonight she'll find out how fucking
Tough is this man
Pulls the trigger as fast as she can
Never Again

Seen it before, but not like this
Been there before, but not like this
Never before have I ever
Seen it this bad
She's just a woman
Never Again

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