ESSAY : Human Service Practice in the Criminal Justice Setting Individual Project in Theories …

Your probation officer supervisor, Sarah Harris, explains to you that a majority of her caseload involves adults with substance abuse and domestic violence issues. You will need to prepare a report for her defining domestic violence.

The following should be included in your report:
Define domestic violence.
Identify and explain the characteristics of the abuser and the victim.

Explain the cycle of abuse in domestic violence situations.
tension building
explosion/incident
making up/calm

Describe 1 treatment theory from any one of the helping professions that is used in a domestic violence situation.

Address how substance abuse may or may not impact a domestic violence relationship and the cycle of abuse.

This assignment is in the form of a report; be creative with the format. Cite sources using APA style format, and include a reference section at the end of your submission.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Define Domestic Violence
More often than not domestic violence has been associated with physical fights and abuse that are witnessed in family set ups. Furthermore, it is normally associated with the physical abrasiveness of men towards women. However, domestic violence can be defined as any incidents of controlling, coercing or threatening behavior, use of violence as well as abuse for people aged between 16 or more who have been intimate partners or rather family members with their gender/ sexuality notwithstanding (Lorenzetti, Wells, Logie, & Callaghan, 2017). The abuse can take the form of sexual harassment, emotional torture, financial, physical or even psychological torture.
Characteristics of The Abuser and The Victim
Abusers can be put into three categories depending on the form of abuse they are involved in and how motivated they are to change. Firstly, there are predatory abusers who may never be aroused emotionally when the offence occurs. These are people who…