Combating Family Violence: Strategies to Prevent Physical Abuse

Name Institutional Affiliations Date Family Violence One can argue that family violence as any form of intentional abuse, neglect, or mistreatment from a family member or sharing an intimate relationship. According to Huecker et al. (2022), using abusive behavior to harm or control a family member or a spouse defines family violence. Physical violence is among the significant sub-divisions of family violence. Huecker et al. (2022) argue that physical violence is the intentional application of physical force aimed at causing injury, harm, disability, or death to the target victim. Though the perpetrator may not always strive to cause physical pain, limiting the victims' self-determination is a potential force that fosters physical violence. Intentional use of restraint, weapons, slapping, hitting, burning, or grabbing, just to mention a few, are some great examples of deliberate use of physical power that defines physical violence within families. Unfortunately, though physical violence may harm the primary victim physically, it can also foster severe negative psychological impact on the victim and witnesses, thus the need to fight it out. Beating is among the significant types of physical violence that many experiences within families and intimate relationships. In beatings, the perpetrator aims to send a clear message that the