Domestic Violence: A Cause of Broken Homes

Abdulkarim Umar
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Abdulkarim Umar: Department of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic Damaturu. Yobe State, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2020, vol. 4, issue 7, 621-624

Abstract: Domestic violence is a common and a universal problem which cut across societies the world over. It is however, viewed differently but the general point is that it is a violence that occur at home among or between people related marriage or blood. This kind of violence seems to be either toward the children, the old persons, the wife, the husband or any relative staying in the family. Various dimensions of domestic violence exist which ranges from physical violence, sexual violence, psychological/ emotional violence, financial abuse and spiritual abuse. Reasons for domestic violence may be as a result of cycle of violence, socio-economic status, social and structural, social isolation and community embedded, low self-concept and personality problems.

Date: 2020
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