Domestic Violence
Research Team
It’s no longer a secret!
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Research Team Members:
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Mandy Ancira (co-leader)
Wendy Morales (co-leader)
Nora Alvarez
Araceli Chaidez
Brenda Ibarra
Elizabeth Morris
Daisy Perez
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Domestic Violence
Presentation Outline
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Executive Summary
Needs Analysis
Solution Description
Solution Criteria
Solution Choice
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Executive Summary
Mandy Ancira
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Project Goals
• To collect information and data about
Domestic Violence
• To propose a solution that will address
the needs of Domestic Violence
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D.V. Research Questions
• How does the community define
domestic violence?
• How widespread is DV in our
community?
• How does DV affect on persons who
witnessed it as a child?
• How does DV affect the victim?
• What level of knowledge is there about
what kinds of resources and help are
available to those affected?
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Responsibilities
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Wendy Morales (Team Leader)
– Needs Statement
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Mandy Ancira (Team leader)
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Araceli Chaidez
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Executive summary
Need Statement
Nora Alvarez
Need statement
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Brenda Ibarra
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Daisy Perez
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Solution Statement
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Data Collection
• Surveyed 168 people
– 25% Abusers of Domestic Violence
– 53% Witnesses of Domestic Violence
– 33% Victims of Domestic Violence
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Data Collection
• Interviewed people from:
– Renaissance High School
– La Placita
– County CareerWorks Center, Starbucks, Target,
Albertsons, Ross, Ralph’s, K-Mart
– Cabrillo College Watsonville Center
– Family Members
– Friends in neighborhood
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Survey Respondents Demographics
Gender:
• Male - 37%
• Female- 63%
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Ethnicity:
• Hispanic-56%
• White-13%
• Other-7%
• African American-1%
Age:
• 15 Years Old or under- 4%
• 15-20 Years Old-28%
• 21-25 Years Old -16%
• 25-30 Years Old-9%
• 31+ YearsDigital
Old-21%
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Survey Respondents Demographics
Educational level:
• Primary School-2%
• Middle School-4%
• Some High School-23%
• High School Diploma-16%
• Some College-23%
• College Diploma-9%
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Survey Respondents Demographics
Have any children:
• Yes –31%
• No –69%
How many children:
• 1 child-11%
• 2-3 children-15%
• 4-6 children –5%
• 7+ children-0%
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Survey Respondents Demographics
Primary language:
• English-45%
• Spanish-35%
• Other-3%
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What does D.V. include:
Physical Abuse: 75%
Psychological Abuse: 70%
Verbal Abuse: 74%
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What do you think domestic
violence is?
D.V. in a family including:
• When people hit one another
• When violence is in your home
• To violate rights of other people
D.V. includes different kinds of violence:
• Anything that makes you feel depressed about yourself
Reasons for D.V.:
• Poverty
• A way for the government to make money
• Its bad, no one can stop it
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What age do you think domestic
violence starts?
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12 or younger – 23%
13-18 – 10%
19-25 – 4%
25+ - 0%
Any Age - 40%
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The Needs of Domestic
Violence
By:
Nora Alvarez, Araceli Chaidez, Wendy Morales
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Background
• Surveyed 168 people
– 25% Abusers of Domestic Violence
– 53% Witnesses of Domestic Violence
– 33% Victims of Domestic Violence
10% of the Witnesses were also Victims
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The need:
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More workshops & programs to help families deal
with the issues that lead to Domestic Violence
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More programs to help children (Witnesses) to deal
with their trauma
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Public education and media about D.V.
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How wide spread is Domestic
Violence in our community?
Out of 168 respondents:
78% indicated “Very Widespread” – including:
• “Its common but everything is kept under the table”
• “Very much”
• “Too many – lost count”
• “Lots of violence in our community”
• “Its common I mean I do it”
8% indicated “Somewhat widespread” - including:
• “1 in 3 families”
14% indicated “Not widespread” - including:
• “Not a lot”
• “Help is not provided”
• “Very rare”
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What can lead to domestic
violence?
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Drugs - 11%
Alcohol - 11%
Jealousy - 8%
Stress - 6%
Financial Hardship - 4%
Outside influences - 3%
• All of the above - 59%
• Other - 2%
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What people are most affected?
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Children - 40%
Women - 38%
Victims - 38%
Witnesses - 18%
Men - 15%
Other - 16%
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Who is involved in domestic violence?
• Young People, Adults & Elderly - 14%
• Drug Users and Alcoholics - 8%
• Low & High Income People - 5%
• Professionals & Blue Collar Workers - 5%
• Gang Members - 5%
• College Students & Graduates - 4%
• Ordinary People - 2%
• All of the above - 68%
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Does being a Victim or Witness
perpetuate domestic violence?
•Yes - 50%
•No - 50%
Your children
Mom or dad
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Have you ever been a victim of
domestic violence?
• No – 25%
• Yes or “No Response” – 75%
• No Response - 42%
How old were you at the time?
• 12 years old or younger - 16%
• Teenager - 14%
• Adult - 9%
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Have you ever been a witness to
domestic violence?
• No - 16%
• Yes or “No Response” – 84%
• No Response - 31%
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Is there help for children in a
family with domestic violence?
• Yes - 54%
• No - 46%
Where?
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Don’t know - 25%
CPS - 15%
School, police departments - 7%
Defensa de Mujeres - 7%
Counseling - 5%
Many places - 5%
Social Services - 3%
Salud para la Gente - 3%
Family, Friends - 1%
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Did you ever strike a loved one?
• No - 31%
• Yes or “No Response” – 56%
• No Response - 31%
Did you consider it domestic violence?
80%
No - 75% 70%
Yes - 25% 60%
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Do you know of any type of
support agencies?
• No - 70%
• Yes - 30%
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Are you willing to go to the authorities?
• Yes - 53%
• No - 27%
If no, why:
Keep family together no matter what:
• Don’t want to split up the family, bread winner going to jail
Fear/security:
• Fear of more violence, I’m scared, I feel threatened
It won’t help:
• They don’t help, the victim keeps going back, takes a long
time to get help and results
Depressed / See it but choose to do nothing:
• Not my problem, staying away
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What other alternative are there
other than law enforcement?
Agencies:
• Any other support agencies - 20%
• Women crisis support - 1%
Community/Family:
• Community help, family, friends - 25%
• Counseling - 17%
• Getting away & Shelters -11%
• Telling someone else - 3%
• My room - 1%
• Classes - 1%
Authority:
• CPS - 3%
• FBI - 2%
• Church - 1%
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When is the need evident?
• NOW!!
• Because our children are watching
• When the partner starts becoming
abusive
• When there is an increase of
domestic violence cases each year.
– It’s best if we take care of it today
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Why does this need occur?
• There is a lack of public media on
Domestic Violence
• People don’t speak out because
they don’t know that this is a
widespread problem
• Hardly any programs established
to create public awareness of this
issue
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What are the consequences of
meeting the need?
• Domestic violence rates would be
greatly reduced
• Domestic violence rates in future
generations would be reduced
• Families would:
– stay together
– have a stronger bond
– have a healthier environment
• Children would have healthier and
more vibrant lives
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Consequences of not meeting the need.
An increase in:
• domestic violence
• spousal abuse
• child abuse
• illegal drug use
• death
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What are the root causes of
these problems or issues?
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Ability to deal with life stresses and pressures
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Financial problems
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Lack of non-violent communication skills
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Children that witness domestic violence most
likely will become victims or abusers
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Lack of public information on D.V.
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What is the need to overcome
the core problem or issues?
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More programs to help families deal with:
– Stress
– Financial desperation
– Lack of communication skills
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More programs to help children (witnesses) to deal
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– The trauma and
– Process their thoughts, feelings, emotions, etc.
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Provide more information on D.V. to the public
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The Solution
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Three recommended solutions
1. Workshops and support for families to deal
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Stress
Financial desperation
Lack of communication skills
2. Support for children to deal with their D.V.
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Counseling
Support groups
3. Increase awareness in the community about
D.V.
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Solution 1: Workshops and support
for families
Help families feel more secure and deal
with their future
– Workshops for adults and on-going
group support on:
• Financial planning
• Building trust in a relationship that
has been violated
• Defining and creating new ground
rules for de-escalating difficult
situations
• Creating a family and relationship
culture of no violence
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Solution 2:
Support for children and their D.V. trauma
Create a program that supports children
to deal with their D.V. trauma:
– Individual counseling
– Group counseling with other children
– Support groups for children who have
witnessed D.V.
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Solution 3: Increase Awareness about D.V.
Develop a public communication program to:
– Help the community understand that there is a
problem
– Help families realize that they are not alone
– Help children understand that they can go and
get help for themselves and their families
– Help families take the first step towards
addressing this issue of D.V.
– Help families realize that they can have a better
and more rewarding future
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Solution Selection Criteria
Programs that:
– Channels aggression and anger
– Processes thoughts, feelings,
emotions, etc
Resources required:
– Resources to launch
– Level of expertise
– Volunteers who would want to
participate
– Resources to keep it running
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Solution Selection Table
Criteria
Channels aggression
and anger
Process thoughts,
feelings,
emotions, etc
Resources to launch
(opposite)
Level of expertise
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Support
Children
Increase DV
Awareness
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Solution Selection Table
Help families
Support
Children
Increase DV
Awareness
Volunteers who
would want to
participate
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Resources to keep it
running
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Criteria
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Chosen Solution:
Support for Children of D.V.
Create programs that support children
to deal with their D.V. trauma:
– Individual counseling to cope with trauma
– Group counseling with other D.V. children
to know that you are not alone
– Support groups for children who have
witnessed D.V. to help each other
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Goals
1. Decrease the rate of D.V. in 2006
À Decrease perpetuation of D.V.
2. Families living together in a healthier way
À Less children witnessing D.V. situations
À More programs developed for abusers
À Create support for the victims and their children
to speak out and for them to know they will be
O.K.
3. Help the public become aware that there is
a problem and for the victims…that you
aren’t alone
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Outcomes
1. Lower death rate.
2. Moral support for all, even for the Abusers.
3. Assurance that there is help in our community.
4. Work on these issues together, and be there for
one another, no matter what the situation is.
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