Domestic violence may start when one partner feels the need to control and dominate the other. Abusers may feel this need to control their partner because of low self-esteem, extreme jealousy, difficulties in regulating anger and other strong emotions, or when they feel inferior to the other partner in education and socioeconomic background. Some men with very traditional beliefs may think they have the right to control women, and that women aren’t equal to men.
Indeed, paleontological data reveal a rather continuous stream of human violence dating back thousands of years. It is clear that violence is not restricted to early historical periods or particular cultural groups. Despite recent concerns in the United States and elsewhere over spiraling violence rates, available data suggest that there is actually less violence now than in ancient times.1 co-opting the resources of others; 2 defending against attack; 3 inflicting costs on same-sex rivals; 4 negotiating status and power hierarchies; 5 deterring rivals from future aggression; 6 deterring males from sexual infidelity; and 7 reducing resources expended on genetically unrelated children.
The political right believes that the root cause of violent crime is bad genes or bad morals. Not so, says the left. The root cause of violent crime is bad housing or dead-end jobs. And, I tell you that while doing something about the causes of violence surely requires a political ideology, the only way we can determine what those causes are in the first place is to check our ideologies at the door and to try to keep our minds open as wide, and for as long, as we can bear. Violence - The Causes Of Violence - Aggression, Violent, Social, and Factors http://law.jrank.org/pages/2292/Violence-causes-violence.html#ixzz17QxFYm1p
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/the-causes-of-violence/blog-263921/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenviolence.html
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/index.html
