التحليل المكاني لظاهرة العنف الاسري في مدينة كربلاء

Spatial analysis of the phenomenon of domestic violence in the city of Karbala

Abstract

The study of domestic violence is one of the important social studies that is intertwined with the various branches of human geography. The study aims to clarify the extent of the phenomenon of domestic violence in the city of Karbala and its spatial distribution and to identify the most important causes leading to the phenomenon of domestic violence and its effects on the family and society.
It was revealed through the geographical analysis of domestic violence in the city of Karbala for the period (2012-2020) that the city of Karbala recorded (6573) cases of domestic violence. Due to the different cultural, educational and environmental indicators between each neighborhood, as well as the difference in the population density and composition of the population, which played a prominent role in the spread of the phenomenon of domestic violence. The second place is the solution of the old city sector with a rate (18.2%) of the total number of cases. At the level of the city in general, (Al-Abbasiya Al-Sharqiya) came first with (312) cases, and the least neighborhoods were represented in Al-Hussein neighborhood by (31) cases. Also, the groups exposed to domestic violence in the study area varied, as violence against the wife was the most frequent in the city Karbala (72.2%) and the least prevalent types of violence are violence against children by (7.1%). As for the most common type of violence is physical violence (47.3%), the least type
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of violence is economic violence (9.8%). The study confirms that cases of domestic violence It may reach its weakness in some popular neighborhoods, but it is not registered and has not been reported by those exposed to domestic violence due to the specificity of this phenomenon and the impact of social customs and traditions that consider it to be one of the problems of great specificity and which do not allow anyone to interfere with it, Many demographic, social and economic characteristics also affect the increase and decline of the phenomenon of domestic violence in the city of Karbala , and there are many reasons behind the spread of domestic violence in the city of Karbala, the most important of which are the low standard of living, shared housing, weak religious faith, addiction to alcohol and the Internet, marital infidelity and weak educational level. The consequences of domestic violence are suicide, divorce, family disintegration, juvenile delinquency, drug and alcohol addiction, school dropout, and the spread of manifestations of hatred and hatred among members of society.