Domestic Crime

Domestic crime affects more people than any other type of crime––whether it be violence in the home (both physical and psychological) or damage to property. The criminal behaviors that police and criminologists classify as domestic crime include men turning on their families and lovers; women taking revenge on former partners; a neighbor who becomes a deadly, threatening menace; a child abused to death. The high incidence of crime committed in the home, usually by people close to their victims, is not a feature of modern life in just a few countries, but has been a worldwide problem from the beginning of time. Efforts to rehabilitate offenders, as well as children who grew up in toxic environments, are just some ways in which societies are trying to address the situation.