Within any relationships such as marriage, cohabitation, dating or within the family, there are ups and downs

people say and do things to each other that are hurtful yet theres a difference between a normal argument and abusive, fighting and threatening behavior, this is domestic abuse which also known as domestic violence. Domestic abuse can take many forms, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, psychological assault and emotional abuse. Domestic abuse is often a combination of several, if not all of the above. All these will happen are due to some reasons. ow, this essay discusses about three main causes of domestic abuse. Alcohol or drug influence is one of the factor that caused domestic abuse. A study of !!" convicted offenders of domestic violence, found that alcohol was a feature in "#$ of offences and %&$ of offenders were alcohol dependent '(ilchrist et al, #))!*. According to +arry W. ,ennett '-../*, consume large 0uantity of alcohol can increase users sense of personal power and domination over others. 1his makes the abuser will attempt to exercise that power and control over another through domestic abuse. Alcohol or drugs also can put a person to be more irritable or agitated and behave in ways that endanger others. 2sychological or mental issue is also one of the causes that lead to domestic violence. According to Worell, 3udith in 4ncyclopedia of Women and (ender -, there are at least one5 third of abusive person can be detected with some types of mental issue. A person with mental health is often having unpredictable and unconstrained behaviours. 6t is also mentioned in 73uvenile delin0uency and adult aggression against women8 by 9alra, :ichelle '-.."* that people will tend to become violent if they experienced similar incident when they are still children. ,ecause of what they have gone through during their upbringing, they will automatically feel that it is a norm in a family to practice such acts and behaviours, and let the cycle repeats. :ost domestic violence is caused by learning and reinforcement. Domestic violence behaviours are learned through observation. According to 1urning 2oint of :c;enry <ounty, studies have found that nearly one half of abusive men grew up in homes where their father or step father was an abuser. 1hese behaviours are also learned and reinforced in all of society=s ma>or institutions. Domestic violence is repeated because there are fre0uently no legal

conse0uences. Aggression in boys is increasingly being treated as a medical problem instead of identifying that they have been possibly traumati?ed and exposed to violence and abuse at home. <onclusively, domestic abuse is caused by some factors such as alcohol or drug influence, psychological or mental issue, and learning and reinforcement which will bring many negative effects. 1he effects of domestic abuse on our society are obviously enormous, but are impossible to measure. We as a society can do all we can to prevent and educate.