Social Theory May 16, 2020
The police announced the number of domestic violence the day before yesterday, which highlights that during the period of crown disease blocking measures, it should receive additional attention., To avoid even more unfortunate tragedies.
Relevant figures show that from the formal implementation of blocking measures on April 7th to May 6th, the police received a total of 476 reports from domestic violence, an increase of 22%from the previous average of 389 per month.The contents of these reports include damage, attack, criminal intimidation, and illegal imprisonment.
On the 24th of last month, the Ministry of Social and Family Development had noticed that more family conflicts and domestic violence occurred after the prevention measures were implemented.There were nearly 40 % of the past.According to the data released by the Women's Action and Research Association (AWARE), the number of inquiries received by the association in March reached 619, breaking the single -month record in recent years.
The domestic violence incident increased significantly during the virus blocking period. It was not the unique situation of Singapore, but a common phenomenon that appeared in all places where similar measures were implemented.Therefore, the problem has also attracted special attention from the United Nations.The report made by the organization last month pointed out that the number of calls for women's help hotlines in Lebanon and Malaysia has doubled from the same month last year and doubled in China.In Australia, search engines such as Google have seen search for help because of domestic violence.
The victims of domestic violence are not limited to women, but also other disadvantaged people in the family, such as children, elderly people, disabled people, and life who cannot take care of themselves.In any case, the above -mentioned numbers involving women are enough to explain the seriousness of the problem.UN Secretary -General Gutres pointed out that in many places, because national institutions have undergone tremendous pressure on great popularity, the increase in violence has become more challenging.Medical institutions and police officers are overwhelmed and lack of hand.Local support group paralysis or lack of funds.Some domestic violence have been closed, and those who have not closed have been full.
In Singapore, the problem of domestic violence has received the common attention of the government and many non -governmental organizations. We also have full social assistance resources. Therefore, we will not have the above -mentioned particularly bad situation.But we still can't take it lightly to the increase in the incident.These signals tell us that blocking measures can produce some side effects and cause seriousness and complexity of domestic violence. We must particularly increase their vigilance.
These side effects include: one is to cause more people to suffer from psychological diseases.For example, some people have lost their jobs because of the epidemic. Although there are help from the government and charitable institutions, they will inevitably feel irritable. If there are other complex family factors, it is more likely to have a high sense of anxiety, and even because they cannot afford pressure, they fall into it.Depression and suffering from bipolar disorder may become the source of domestic violence.
Secondly, the perpetrators and victims must stay at home due to blocking measures. They cannot go to work or go to school. It is easy to be trapped in a stress pot state and more likely to friction.However, because everyone was trapped in the home, the victims also lost their usual freedom and privacy, and it was more difficult to ask for help.
Therefore, the new measures that the police have just introduced are worthy of praise.In the past, the police were required to provide assistance under the request of domestic violence, and now they will handle it in a more proactive way. Even if the victim does not ask for assistance or shelter, the police will take the initiative to intervene. According to factors such as the violence and the cause of domestic violence, evaluate the evaluation and evaluate the evaluation.The risk faced by the victim was then referred to the social service agency.In addition, under the community assistance and referral plan (HT CARES) of the internal affairs team, all police station will also give the perpetrators to the social workers to understand the cause of their violence based on the situation, and evaluate whether they need counseling, spiritual evaluation or economic assistance.Then transfer them to the right institution.The close cooperation between police and social service agencies can definitely deal with domestic violence issues on a more comprehensive basis and provide better protection for victims.
In this very important period, we believe that it is not enough to take the police alone.After all, not all domestic violence victims know or have the ability to report the case or ask for help from other institutions.Many victims may be too timid or in a weak state. For example, those who are disabled, those who cannot take care of themselves, young people, so they need the victim's relatives and friends and the public to see the righteousness and help.In this regard, the National Care Hotline (1800-2026868) established by the authorities last month provided everyone for the convenience of reporting.Under possible circumstances, victims of domestic violence should also make good use of this hotline and ask for help in time.
