Domestic Violence

Violence is the violation or invasion of territory or the act of holding people captive within territory, and is true on an individual level. Directly or indirectly, violent crime touches every one. Megargee (1982) defined it as “the overtly threatened or overtly accomplished application of force which results in the injury or destruction of persons or their reputation”. Domestic violence occurs within a fundamental social institution of the family. The institution has emotional bonds; it has history and has future. Domestic violence can be understood within that context.

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