History of domestic violence timeline
History of domestic violence timeline of events!
A Brief History of Domestic Violence
by Steve Baron (MA, LMFT)
An excellent review of domestic violence and the law is captured in Domestic Violence –Legal and Social Reality, by D.
Kelly Weisberg, a Professor, Hastings College of Law, University of California (Weisberg, 2012).
History of domestic violence timeline
A wonderful timeline of the history of domestic violence over the centuries is captured in the “Herstory of Domestic Violence: A Timeline of the Battered Women’s Movement” (SafeNetwork: California’s Domestic Violence Resource, 1999).
The following summary of just some of the key issues and developments over time is drawn primarily from those sources. Domestic violence laws can be traced back to 753 B.C., where, during the reign of Romulus in Rome, wife beating was accepted and condoned under the Laws of Chastisement.
The Church in the Middle Ages continued its history of sanctioning the subjection of women: Rules of Marriage “…When you see our wife commit an offense…scold her sharply, bully