Provide a historical overview of domestic violence. What has been the legal arc of domestic violence over the past several hundred years?
What will be an ideal response?
• A man's right to chastise his wife was affirmed in church doctrine as well as in early Roman law and English common law.
• Under English common law, which influenced law in the U.S., to be a wife meant becoming the property of one's husband.
• In an effort to prevent excessive violence men could give their wives "moderate correction."
• Even after physical punishment of one's wife was outlawed, domestic violence was considered a private matter.
• The landmark Violence Against Women Act of 1994 provided for improved prevention and prosecution of violent crimes against women and children and for the care of victims.
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