COVID-19 PANDEMIC

INCREASED VIOLENCE TO WOMEN

IN THE UNITED STATES

PRESENTED BY NANCY FRIEDRICH

SOURCE: PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, MACLEN STANLEY
IPV
• Intimate Partner Violence

• Abuser
• Victim
VIOLENCE INCREASE DURING PANDEMIC
5-KEY CAUSES
• Isolation
• Stress
• Economic Anxiety and Joblessness
• Alcohol
• Lack of Resources
• Isolation
isolated from any other human contact
• Stress
stress increases aggression.
• Economic Anxiety and
Joblessness
many people have lost jobs and there is no
end in sight,
• Alcohol
When people are stressed, they drink
alcohol. When people drink too much, they
get out of control and the lack of control
leads to aggression and violence.
• Lack of Resources
Violent abusers can't be jailed because only
emergencies are being handled by the
courts. Most women are on their own.
ALL THESE FACTORS TOGETHER
LEAD TO INCREASED VIOLENCE
ESPECIALLY TO WOMEN
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