Intra Family Violence, A Growing Phenomenon And A State Without Effective Strategies To Prevent It

Abstract

Intra-family violence is a social phenomenon that grows exponentially amid ineffective or insufficient policies and strategies to prevent the problem from growing. Intra-family violence is understood as any action that physically or psychologically violates a person within their family or home environment. The bases of this article have their origin in a previous investigation whose purpose was to identify the risk factors associated with intra-family violence and the role played by State entities in helping to reduce these factors, preventing the phenomenon and generating real protection measures for victims.