Findings From a Survey

Domestic Violence This report summarizes a survey filled out by twenty-five individuals in the legal system. The objective of the questionnaire was to determine the age and gender of a domestic violence respondent. The thesis was that males are more likely to be the respondent of a domestic violence call then females. Of those males, the survey was also to prove that the approximate age of the respondents would generally fall between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-seven.

The survey's first question asked five judges, ten policemen and five court staff personnel which gender, men or women, would they consider the more aggressive or respondents in a domestic dispute. A total of eighteen individuals answered that males would be the respondents in a domestic dispute. The eighteen were made up of five judges, ten policeman and three court staff personnel. Two court staff personnel felt women would be the Respondents. The second question focused on the age breakdown in regard to the respondents of a domestic dispute.

The legal personnel answered the survey to find out if they felt the respondents would fall into these age ranges: 13 -17, 18 -- 20, 21 -- 27, 28 -- 35, 35- 40 and other. The final tally showed that fourteen, (three judges, nine policeman, and two court staff personnel) felt the age range would fall into the grouping of twenty-one to twenty-seven years of age. Three court staff personnel felt that the age range would be twenty-eight to thirty-five.

One judge, one policeman and one court staff personnel thought the age range would be other than the provided ranges. The third survey question asked the respondents on what they were basing there responses on -- either professional of personal experiences. All 25 answered that their opinions were based on professional experiences and obviously no one chose personal experience as the basis of their decisions. Everyone that took the survey was either a judge, policeman or in some other court related profession.

The police officers mainly felt they received their experiences based on when they were called to mediate domestic violence situations. The judges stated that they were in charge of domestic situations in their court rooms and also had access to domestic disturbance call briefings. The individuals who were functioning in some capacity as court staff felt that they had first hand knowledge similar to the judges and also were involved directly within court proceedings.

In conclusion, this report was a summary of a survey that was filled out by twenty-five individuals.