UNIVERSIDAD LATINOAMERICANA DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA

School of Education

Professor Carlos Tánchez Avila Newspaper Contribution 1 I Quarter, 2011

Student(s): Gabriela Cruz, Hector De León, Javier Díaz, Paula Garro Grade:

English IV
Task: Write a paragraph on Domestic Violence.Your paragraph should include, at least, one simple sentence, one compound sentence, one
complex sentence (with an adverb, adjective, or noun clause), and one compound-complex sentence. Your paragaph should have a title, a topic
sentence, supporting sentences (examples, statistics, and direct and inderect quatations), and a concluding idea. In-text citations and works cited
have to be included in your composition as studied in class. The paragraph must not have less than 10 lines and no more than 15 lines (double
space, letter number 12).

The Severe Consequences of Domestic Violence

There are three main types of consequences in Domestic Violence. First, there are physical harms
which consist in any injury produced on the victim´s body. According to the Centers for Disease
Control, the statistics said: “Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten,
coerced into sex, or otherwise, abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own
family”. “One study estimated that more than 3% of women were severely assaulted by male partners
or cohabitants over the curse of the year”. (“C.J. Newton, M.A.”) The second consequence is the
social effect; this may be a misperception on society from the side of the person assaulted. This might
produce that the victim becomes a shrinking violet person, so this person will be rejected by the
society. As the third point, physiological effects are the most frequent ones, and they will leave a sign
on the victim´s live. According to Dr. Luis Echegaray, “The main physiological effects are: fear,
anxiety, fatigue, stress disorders and post-traumatic effects”. In conclusion these three phenomena
produce severe consequences on victim´s future.

Bibliography:
Donald P. Schweitzer, Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer, 201 South Lake Avenue, Suite 700, Pasadena,
California 91101:
http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/13883/legal_matters/the_severe_consequences_of_domestic_violence.h
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