ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ramsey, J. (2002). should health professionals screen women for domestic violence? systematic review. thebmj.com, 32;314.

This focus of this article was to evaluate the effectiveness of screening women for domestic violence in health care settings. The research methods used were medical subject heading and text words to search for studies on three bibliographic databases. They used the databases Medline, Embase, and CINAHL. They also used screening studies, intervention studies and surveys to conduct research. The article clearly states that domestic violence is a public health issue. Injuries can result in short and long term health issues. Some women experience mental illness and pregnancy complications. Also the children who live in the home are exposed to it as well. The recommendations for screening bring the assumption that it will help to identify women who experience domestic violence. They found that the it would be premature to introduce this type of program. Although they know women do experience domestic violence they are not sure that subsequent interventions would be effective.

Mennicke, A. M., & Tripodi, S. J. (2015). Assessing attitudes and reincarceration outcomes Associated with In-prison Domestic Violence treatment program completion. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 465-485.

This article focuses on evaluating how effective a program is. It is an in prison domestic violence treatment program. The program is about changing the attitudes of inmates towards domestic violence. The research methods used were single-group, pre-experimental design and quasiexperimental design. They also assessed the outcomes of the program. The program they evaluated is called STOP, survey, think, options, prevention (Mennicke & Tripodi, 2015). The attitudes being assessed were attitudes toward women and criminal activity. The outcome towards women increased after completion of the program. There were lower levels of criminal thinking after completion of the program. Pertaining to recidivism, there were lower rates of incarceration after the program. This program is very effective and this article would be very useful and relevant to someone who is imprisoned.

Rodriquez, M., & McLoughlin, E. (2001). Mandatory Reporting of Domestic Violence Injuries to the Police: What do emergency department patients think? JAMA, 580-583.

This article focuses on mandatory laws of reporting domestic violence injuries. The focus is to examine the attitudes of females towards such laws. The research method used was a twenty item questionnaire survey taken at an emergency department. They analyzed the data by using univariate and logistical regression analyses. It was recommended that there be further assessment and the consent of patients to continue future research. I am not sure this article is relevant or useful. While it is a good topic of discussion, they would need more consent and the willingness of domestic violence patients from the emergency department to do something like this. The law would be for naught if few patients are willing to report the issues. They fear reporting issues because they fear their partners will retaliate or reporting it will make the issues worse.

 

Chapman, T., & Hockey, J. L. (1999). Ideal Homes? : Social Change and Domestic Life. Psychology Press, 121-122.

This article focuses on the home space and the experiences within the home. They look at home life from every perspective. Including domestic violence and what goes on behind closed doors. Most victims do not report the violence because they feel ashamed or embarrassed. The research methods used were from police evidence, agency statistics, and localized research. These findings have concluded that the home is a place where violence and abuse take place consistently. There are even reports of rape inside the homes, and husbands living a life of crime. There is no common theme when it comes to domestic violence. It can happen to anyone no matter the age group, race or social class. One woman stated that her husband “maintained public respectability” (Chapman & Hockey, 1999). Despite what was going on at home people thought that he was a saint.

 

Robbin, A. M. (2010). New Perspectives on Domestic Violence. Psychiatric Times, 1-3.

This articles focuses on the toll that domestic violence takes on families and important relationships. It also focuses on domestic violence surfacing from a number of causes. Another topic the article focuses on is the fact that domestic violence is solely gender specific, that it is mostly a male committing violence towards the woman. There was a study done to determine if reciprocity is related to the frequency and injury of the violence. They concluded that with nonreciprocal violence, women were the perpetrators (Robbin, 2010). The article also focuses on divorce, depression, socioeconomic factors, and domestic violence with same sex couples I think that this article is very relevant and useful because it speaks from so many aspects of domestic violence.

Zijlstra, E. (2016). Improving Care for Victims: a study protocol of the evaluation of a centre for sexual and family violence. BMJ Open.

This article focuses on a center in the Netherlands. This is a center for victims of sexual abuse and family violence. It provides acute, and multidisciplinary care for the victims. They use mixed method study, that includes quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis (Zijlstra, 2016). This center is operating form the standpoint that people do not seek care from the physical issues dealing with sexual abuse and family violence out of shame and fear. They also do not think that the police or anyone else will believe them if they report it. The center focuses on goals, membership, structure, leadership, collaboration activities, coordination and protocol. They do plan on doing more research into opening more centers. I think this article is relevant it shows that there are actually people trying to do some good, and listen to victims.

 

 

Coxell, A. W., & King, M. B. (2010). Male Victims of Rape and Sexual Abuse. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 380-391.

 

This article focuses on men who are sexually assaulted at a young age. This study was brought about because of the fact that most people and also health care professionals have failed to realize that men are sexually assaulted. Not much research has been done on this topic because males tend to report it less than women. This article focuses on the little research that has been done. They use community samples and studies to conduct research. The article focuses on regressing myths that apply to male sexual abuse, such as, for a male sex can’t be forced, and they must be gay, or if they get an erection or ejaculate they it is them consenting to the act (Coxell & King, 2010) They also speak of the things that result from these acts such as PTSD, suicide and depression. While there is little research on this subject the evidence they do have has helped and it concludes that sexual assault in males can lead to psychological hardships.

Zagrodney, J. L., & A., C. J. (2016). Impact of Perpetrator Type on Attributions of Mother Fault in Child Sexual Abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 827-845.

The focus of this article was to examine how much the offenders relationship to the mother impacted how much blame responsibility and cause was put on the mother. The mother was being blamed for their partner abusing their children. Blaming the mother could have negative consequences. The research method used was and online community sample. The participants were recruited from an online database. When it comes to being a good mother women are expected to have high standards. When these standards are not met the mothers personal characteristics are attacked. Though the evaluators said the self-report measures were biased, they still did further research on the topic. I think this article is relevant for someone who feels like they are the blame for their child being victimized.

Starmer, K. (2011). Domestic Violence: The facts, the issues, the future. International Review of Law, Computers, and Technology, 9-15.

This article focuses on the how sexual assault and domestic violence accompany each other, and how they are now prosecuting more cases in the present than they were in the past. Now there is a large number of incidents being reported. It also discusses the willingness of the victim to attend court and how they may or may not retract their statements. These domestic issues have only been taken seriously for the last ten years and now more cases are being prosecuted. The research includes several surveys that were done over the years. They have made progress in the number of incidents being reported and police performance when it comes to domestic issues. They know that they have a lot of future research to do.

 

 

Bagwell-Gray, M. E., Messing, J. T., & Baldwin-White, A. (2015). Intimate Patner Sexual Violence: A review of terms, definitions, and prevalence. Trauma, Violence, Abuse, 316-335.

This article focuses on how much of a health and social risk intimate partner violence (IPV) is to an individual. They place a lot of emphasis on how to define certain terms. Like intimate partner violence, domestic violence, sexual assault etc. The article also focuses on such topics as sexually transmitted infections, depression, PTSD. They touch bases on treatment and prevention strategies. The methods used for study and research were computer based journal databases, peer reviewed article, and nonacademic publications. The many language and differences in definition exist because sexual violence is such a sensitive topic. They underestimate the prevalence of such events because they are not reported as much as they should be. They do plan on creating more strategies and opportunities for women to discuss such topics. This article is relevant pertaining to a study.