M1.1 Discussion: A Historical Context and IPV

M1.1 Discussion: A Historical Context and IPV Student’s Name Professor’s Name Institutional Affiliations Course Name and Number Due Date M1.1 Discussion: A Historical Context and IPV The 1960s wife battering era presents a worrying historical period of intimate partner violence. Gosselin (2014) indicates that although no legal support existed to allow such conduct, people considered it a private affair. As a result, individuals only intervened when a victim became severely wounded or succumbed to death. The concerning aspect is that even the police officers ignored such occurrences and could only cite misdemeanors when they witnessed excessive violence (Gosselin, 2014). It was interesting to learn through Gosselin’s (2014) text that law enforcement officers could stop the violence momentarily for the parties to cool down rather than admoni...