In order to interrupt and prevent further violence, the health care system can and should intervene. The fact is that most abused and neglected children never come to attention of authorities(Hopper, Pg. 1). Most interventions focus on treating the victims of domestic violence, rather than treating the batterer, this is due to the social acceptance of the victimization of women. There is occasionally over diagnosis of the victims of abuse because of poor understanding of emotional and psychological effects of the cycle of violence, the is belief that violence is innate therefore untreatable(Nicolette & Nuovo, Pg 1). The programs specifically designed for batterers are increasing in number. Several states in the U.S. have now instituted certification standards for batterer-treatment programs, designed to help the batterer break the cycle of violence, but never excuse their abusive behaviour(Nicolette & Nuovo, Pg 1). Effective programs use a group approach, last at least 24 weeks, provide a psycho-education approach rather than one involving psycho therapy, avoid couples’ counseling and have consistent procedures for assessing danger and protecting victims(Nicolette & Nuovo, Pg 1). The batterer may benefit from direct interaction with a physician discussing the physical and psychological risks a batterer faces outside th obvious risk to the abused partner and the long term risks to any children involved in the cycle of violence(Nicolette & Nuovo, Pg 2). The batterer should also be alert to any of the less obvious repercussions, potential loss of freedom from incarceration and the financial costs to the family if legal fees and court costs are entailed. Twelve national experts suggested that society should treat violence as a public healht issue, reach kids as early as possible and train them to get along with people in nonviolent ways, teach conflict resolution to everyone, ban corporal punisment, promote responsible childrens television programming, invest money and programs in communities at risk for violence and find the few habitual, violent offenders who are responsible for most of the violence and separate them from the general public(Birckmayer, Pg. 2)
In many homes across the country the aspect of family violence exists. It is a problem that has been lingering since the beginning of time and will continue to linger until people realise that violence does not solve anything it just makes problems worse. It has a very negative impact on everyone involve in the violent situation especially children. For families that have violence existing on a continum all that is occuring is that they are teaching their children that violence is the proper of dealing with problems, and most likely these families are producing children who when they have a family of their own will resort to violence as away of dealing with their problems. There are many circumstances and factors why people resort to violence but, only by recognizing and addressing the multifactorial roots of violence in our society can we move closer to living in peace.