Domestic Violence In Australia

Domestic violence can be taken as one of the greatest tragedies in remote and regional Australia. In only about three decades, the research and writing about violence against women have expanded. While domestic violence has been a major focus of social and criminal justice polices for some years, it is only recently that attention has been drawn to the problem of interpersonal violence in remote and regional indigenous communities. The attempts and practices to explain the violence can be found in many places including religion, politics, sociology, philosophy, and genetics. This essay will provide important insights into what should be considered to be core knowledge when developing and implementing effective violence prevention policy. Furthermore,

The nature and causes of various forms of violence has been the subject of much study over many years. The human service worker should adapt the different kinds of practices and strategies in serving different communities in Australia, particularly the ones that are geographically detached and located far away from urban society and thus exist in a rural and remote area (Balderston, 2014). The term domestic violence can be defined as an abuse of power perpetrated mainly by men against women in relation or after separation. It takes a number of forms such as physical and sexual violence, threats and intimidation, emotion and social abuse and economic deprivation. However, it is only in recent times this problem has been widely acknowledged (Herry,2001). Intimate partner violence or domestic violence generally define violence perpetrated by a current or previous partner and is the most common form of violence against women. The domestic violence includes behaviors that are controlling in which includes physical

To understand the weakness and strengths of human service work delivery and via different channels and mediums, it is essential to understand a literature of what the domestic violence treated in remote and regional Australia. The virtual delivery of social work services are considered as essential means of reaching out to remote and rural communities, which were hard to reach out due to the distance in geographical manner, the difficulties to reach out to them because of experts in such field being hesitant to go in person, then the use of virtual means comes into rescue. This Virtual mode of delivery of services in human services work practice helps to getting more acknowledgements in today’s theories and practices (Rafferty & Waldman, 2006). During face to face delivery, the human service worker would face challenges from the remote community. The rules and way of working of workers around in the community can be found very different than expected (Hearn, 1998). Therefore, the previous background understanding and local knowledge is very essential to the human service worker. The human service workers need to be knowledgeable and skilled in fields as diverse as mental health, family violence, child abuse and working with young people (Lesley Chenoweth & donna McAuliffe, 2008, p. 159). According to Cheers( as cited in Lesley Chenoweth & donna McAuliffe, 2008) rural practice is often referred to as community