Violence between spouses, siblings and parents and children has increased because.
it is prevalent in the world around them, and because the parents are often only in the relationship.
for what they can get out of it. When a spouse causes the other a problem they respond with.
violence because they did not get their own way. Children mimic this behavior, both with other.
children now, and with their own children when they become parents. .
REVIEW OF LITERATURE.
In examining the reasons why this abusive behavior has increased there are three major.
theories which describe the reasons people deviate from societal norms. Conflict theory involves.
those who believe society has not given them power and they need to achieve it by some form of.
work or performance. Functional theory works for those who are born into the power. They.
believe that those who deserve power are born into it or can rise to that power within the system. .
Interaction theory focuses strictly on behavior, suggesting that no matter the level of power you.
are born into, the way you appear to society determines your level of acceptance.
Psychological deviation with a general heading of Functional, and a subheading of Behavioral.
seems to explain the behavior of child abusers. They commit crime because they model it after.
the actions of their parents, and others who they observe in the media. Often an abused parent.
sees this abuse from their spouse as love, and the child also sees it as love when they are abused. .
This observation and reception of abuse at a young age provides the future abuser with a model of.
how to treat those they love, their spouse and children.
Discipline of children is generally thought to be normal and necessary in order to raise children.
to adulthood. Today the violence found in families ranges from the use of physical punishment in.
the discipline of children, to the obviously deviant crime of homicide.
