A master's thesis at the College of Law at the University of Basrah discussed criminal protection from domestic violence.
The thesis presented by the student, Sarah Moayad Selim, indicated that domestic violence crimes are among the most dangerous acts committed within the family and pose a great danger to the family and society together, as it disintegrates the family and society, in addition to the dire effects left by the commission of such acts, not only on the victim, but those effects extend to include all members of the family. The danger of domestic violence lies in the fact that it is not like other forms of violence with direct results linked to specific goals. Rather, its indirect results resulting from unequal power relations within the family and in society in general.
The thesis aims to show that there is no single explanation for domestic violence, but there are many factors that lead to that first reason behind the violence, according to what has been explained by social theories, as it also states that the social environment has a major role in creating criminal behavior, and through these social theories, we can put a criminal policy to combat domestic violence.
