Women Experiencing Violence At Home Name Course College Tutor April 24, 2013 Women and Violence At Home Intimate partner violence is more rampant at the home environment as compared to the public places. One partner to gain control, power and dominance over his mate (Tjaden & Thoennes, 2009) normally uses this coercive behavior. There are various ways in which violence against spouse can be executed; one form includes sexual and physical abuse verbal and emotional abuse, partner stalking economical abuse (Walby & Allen, 2004). Domestic violence is now far reaching affecting people in heterosexual and homosexual relationships. Often, the violence occurs between married partners, dating, living together, separated or divorced. Domestic violence has far reaching effects as it affects the immediate family members, co-workers, neighbor and friends generally the whole community is adversely affected by issues of domestic violence. Innumerous researches have continually uncovered alarming and resolute levels of violence committed against women in the UK. 33% of girls aged 13-17 have experienced some form of partner violence (Tjaden & Thoennes, 2009). Every elapsing year a million women in the UK experience at least an incidence of domestic violence and nearly twenty two thousand cases of abuse are experienced on weekly basis (Michelle, 2009)