INCEDENDES OFTENLY HAPPENED IN THE LEARNING ENVIRON MENT OF THE FAMILY ZONE,6 BARANGAY

BUGO, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY FISCAL YEARS 2013-2014

BY:

Mia May L. Bala

Claudine Angel E. Caseres
Maria Theresa Mae R. Bonita
Haney B. Delgado

Introduction
Current concern about family violence focus on the women who are usually the victims and the men
who are usually the assailants. But children are also part of families where violence is happening. Their
lives, too, are being affected. Yet we know surprisingly little about their involvement. ”family violence is
the most popular violent crime. “Filipino couples experienced an incident crimes involving family violence”
(the structure of family violence: An Analysis of selected incidents, federal bureau of investigation).

Intimate partners ND Fmily violence, including physical, sexual, and financial abuse, occurs throughout
the country every day. Unlike most other crimes, intimate partner or domestic violence is usually not a
sudden, isolated, and unexpected incident. It may in love years of emotional and psychological trauma as
well as physical injuries which may becomes increasingly more severe and occur frequently over time
exposure to such violence has a devastating impact on all involved, including children living with and
experiencing it as witnesses and not direct victims (Domestic And family violence office for victims of
crime, retrieved November 26, 2013). The following resource provide a glimpse of available research on
child abuse and domestic violence, elder abuse, and prevention and intervention programs that o family
therapy.

Children of battered women are fifteen that children whose mother are not abuse (“ women and
violence “, U.S. senate judicaiary hearing,
August/ December, 2006). A woman who becomes unable to cope as a result of the battering may
alcoholic herself. The woman who becomes unable to cope as result of the batteringmar develop an
emotional or mental illness that leaves her unable to fulfill her parenting role. Because the abuser often
uses the children behavior as an excuse for battering the women suffer “survivor guilt” because they must
watch helpless while their mother is beaten and cam do nothing to save her. Since battered women are
often raped (and, therefore, have little access to birth control), an alcoholic battered woman is at high
risk for having FAS?FAE child. Violence is a learned behavior. Children who raised in violence homes may
learn to repeat the family pattern either be becoming abuser or battered themselves as adults. Boys who
have witnessed abuse of their mothers are 10 times more likely to battered their female partners as
adults (“women and violence, “ hearing before the U.S senate judiciary committee, august/December
2006). Schools and institutions suffer as children who suffer as children who witness violence at home
often act out their rage and frustrations in violent ways against other children, authority figure or even
animals.
 According to the American medicinal association (AMA News, 2008),family violence is the number
one drain on our domestic economy because it is the bedrock for virtual all of our social problems such
as violent crime, homelessness and the next generation of alcoholic and drug addicts. “

There is much that can be done to help these children. As we educate ourselves about family violence
and begins to develop the skills to work with the victims and perpetrators of violence, this oldest of human
crimes will begins to disappear. The willingness to listen and to hear the cries of battered families is the
first step. As long as we refuse to ask , battered women and their children will not talk about what’s
going on at home. Their solution to stopping violence in the family is up to each of us. When we
understand this critical social issue, we will overcome our fear of working with battered families , and we
will be able to reach out and draw them back into a sane and safe world.

Methodology
In our research the information through recording the data from them. We ask formation to talk the
chief of police and barangay in barangay bugo and to ask some record of incidence happened in that
particular place and also we conduct a survey in VAWC’s office. We gathered all the information by the
help of their record book and the survey that we conduct was very helpful to us all the information written
in this paper is accurate and based in the true record.

Finding

According to our research based on the record we get in the barangay and based in our interview
with the Mr. Jesus Morial barangay captain of the particular place almost all of the incidences happened
on zone 6, barangay bugo was all about a live-in battered wife and children. The average age of the victims
was fairly similar to that of the assailants – 28 years; and 72% were aged between 20 to 40 years. However,
twice as many of the victims were under the age of 20 compared with the assailants -12% of victims but
were female. Children is the victims of this violence were 16%. An analysis of the 25 families recorded
incidents showed that at least 62% of the victims had children under the age of 3-12 minor age in their
care. Those with children had, on average, two each. Analysis of the data clearly established that children
were frequently present when the family violence occurred. In 58% of all the incidents on which there
was information, children were present in the house at time... When children=n were present, they were
very likely to witness the violence; 73% did so. Other children who were not actually in the same room
would often have heard the screams, the thuds and the shouting that must surely have accompanied the
assault. Most of the incidences that occurred when children were present did not involve objects or
weapons- the violence came directly from hands, fists, feet head, teeth and bodies (84%). However, 10%
of the incidents id involves did involves objects which were used to hit or throw at the victim.
 TYPES OF ASSAULT WITNESS BY CHILDREN:

PERCENTAGE % TYPES OF ASSAULTS

30% Threating
1% General attack
3% Kicking
2% Slapping
1%
13%
10%
30%
10%

100% total percentage of assault

Threats is 30% were the least obviously injuries but these threats were almost very drastic: usually a threat
to kill or to damage severely. Sometimes they were made of backed up by display of objects, knives or
guns. Slapping or pushing and shoving is were the most prominent methods of in a number of an incidents
to police were called; in some of these cases there were no visible injuries but in others the women were
severely bruised and hurt by being knocked to the ground or against the furniture. Punching was the most
frequent method of assault and the results in many of these cases were moderately serious. The most
next frequent category was that of general attack, which usually included a range of methods such as
pushing knocking over, dragging along the ground slamming victims against a wall or other objects
threatening jumping on the victims and punching and slapping in many of these cases the injuries were
quite severe. Kicking sometimes accompanied by punching other forms of attack often lead to severe
injuries. Only 10% of the victims were hit with objects or hard object thrown at them in contrast to the
1% who were attacked with hands feet heads and bodies and finally 1% of cases which included a sexual
assault.

Relationship between victims and assailant in cases where the victims and/ or assailant child or children
was present:

PERCENTAGE RELATIONSHIP
40% Married
30% Live in partner
70% Total partnership involved
In incidents.
9% Attacking his brother
10% Father attacking his children
11% Son attacking his mother
Total of 30% Child attacking his or her parents
100% total percentage of relationship involved
The violence is only the first part of the incident. Police attended all these scene, so that the children
were likely to have watched their parent, whether victims or assailants, being interviewed by the police.
In 93% of cases the assailants were arrested and taken by the police custody. The victims went to the
doctor to have their injuries attended in 30% of cases women went to refuge. All these events are likely t
have affected the children in the variety of ways and different degrees.

Summary

Family violence is usually seen occurring between man and women in intimate relationships. The reality
is in many cases more complex. the data recorded police blotter in barangay bugo paints a vivid picture
of the extent to which children are intimately involved with family violence the two principals involved in
the incidents where often parents were caring for children ( in at least 62%of incidents in the samples the
victims was a parent of children under 17). Children represent the house while the violence was occurring
in 87% of the incidents in which their parent was the victim out of 25 families. They actually witnessed
the violence or a least heard it. The often occurred to the punctuation of screams and cries from
frightened children the children are likely to be affected by what they see and hear. Over and above
immediate fear in being in a violent situation there are other number of other elements that may create
conflict for the children. First the children were watching at least one of their parents act violently or being
the target of violence. Second regardless of loyalties of the children are face with the practical of what
should they do about the violence. Third the child is seeing the violence portrayed as part a close sexual
relationship between adults. These experience are likely to a have a powerful effect on the child’s
developing understanding of intimate adult life and the roles of violence in human relationships. Nor can
feel much more sanguine about the impact on the children who witness the other assaults. The data
describe in these paper come from the records of incidents often happened in the learning environment
of the family at zone 6, barangay bugo. Because of a primary focus on men’s violence towards women
and children. The fact that there were so many cases where the violence towards children during these
incidents remained in the background, raises the question of how to much more violence towards children
goes unrecorded. Certainly it seems reasonable to assume from this data, despite the growing awareness
of the need to call the police when children are the victims. To beat or belt a child, or even to punch them
is still seen by many as legitimate part of parenting although research is needed information that is
already available clearly, establish that problems exists. It is time to include children on policies about
family violence.

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Zone 6, barangay bugo police station(2013-2014)

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