UGH LAWS WERE PASSED TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL, NONE WERE STRICTLY ENFORCED. EVEN UP UNTIL THE 1970'S, WIFE BEATING WAS STILL FAIRLY ACCEPTABLE. THE POLICE MOST OFTEN WOULD ATTEND CALLS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT WOULD LEAVE THINGS TO BE RESOLVED BY THE FAMILY. THIS EASE AND LACK OF ENFORCEMENT ALLOWED FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE ABUSE. THE 70'S BECAME A PERIOD OF PROTEST AND CHANGE FOR THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT. BY THE 1980'S MAJOR CHANGES STARTED TO TAKE PLACE. POLICE NO LONGER IGNORED CALLS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MORE PEOPLE WERE BEING CONVICTED AND PUNISHED FOR CRIMES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE ACCEPTANCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS STILL SEEN TODAY. IT'S ACCEPTANCE IS REFLECTED IN POPULAR CULTURE THROUGH THE EXPRESSION "RULE OF THUMB" WHICH COMES FROM AND OLD ENGLISH RULE THAT A MAN COULD BEAT HIS WIFE WITH ANY REASONABLE INSTRUMENT AS LONG AS IT WAS NO THICKER THAT HIS THUMB. EVEN IN TODAY'S SOCIETY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS STILL VERY COMMON AND MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO STOP IT. FINDING THE REASONS OR CAUSES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A VERY DIFFICULT. THERE IS NEVER ONE REASON FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT IT USUALLY BEGINS WITH A CONTROLLING NATURE AND THE NEED THE NEED TO CONTROL ONE'S SPOUSE. IT BEGINS WITH VERBAL INSULTS AND DEGRADATION THEN OVER TIME ESCALATES INTO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. THE ABUSER HAS USUALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE'S BEFORE. MORE THAN LIKELY DURING CHILD HOOD. THERE IS USUALLY MANY DIFFERENT STRESSORS AND FACTORS THAT CAUSE THESE INHERENT OR LEARNED ABUSERS TO BEGIN THE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACK ROUNDS, LOW INCOME LEVELS, AND LOWER EDUCATION LEVELS AND SIMPLY DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW.. NONE OF THESE FACTORS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE EXCUSES, THEY ARE SIMPLY FACTORS THAT COME UP IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES TIME AND TIME AGAIN. TYPES OF ABUSE/PSYCHOLOGY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OCCURS THERE IS SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF ABUSE THAT TAKE PLACE. THE FIRST IS PHYSICAL V...
