[ANSWER]Assessment 3 Professional Task: Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry into Battered Women’s Use of Self-Defence in the Context of Domestic Violence

[ANSWER PREVIEW] Domestic violence is a prevalent phenomenon across the globe and in Australia Context of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a prevalent phenomenon across the globe and in Australia Context of Domestic Violence. According to the World Health Organisation, 1 in every 3 women globally has experienced physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime (World Health Organisation [WHO], 2017). The majority of the violence is intimate partner violence (IPV), with up to a third of women who have been in an intimate relationship with a man having experienced violence at least once in their lifetime (WHO, 2017).

In Australia, 1 in 6 women experiences physical and/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2019). IPV is an extensively damaging experience for victims. It is associated with a wide range of physical, psychosocial and behavioural complications, including physical injuries, unintended pregnancies, miscarriage, sexually transmitted infections, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicidal ideation, alcohol and substance abuse (Hawcroft et al., 2019) .

Context of Domestic Violence. In some cases, IPV leads to homicide (WHO, 2017).     The involvement of women who are IPV victims in the murder of their partner can be explained by Daly’s (1992) five pathways of female offending. According to Daly (1992), battered women offend primarily…[Buy Full Answer for Just USD 9: 1895 WORDS]

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