Domestic violence refers to the process of psychological intimidation and often starts with emotional or verbal abuse where it can escalate to physical misuse.  Domestic violence affects minority families differently compared to the way it affects non-minority families. The groups affected by domestic violence are mainly minority groups. For instance, African-American women are more likely to be killed by an intimate partner. According to the Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence abuses among Asian/Pacific Islander communities always involve more than one family member battering the same victim at home (Mackune et al., p21). In the United States, the blacks which are the largest racial minority group have had high crime rates than the whites especially the domestic crimes. Moreover, black women are always victimized by a high proportion of “assaults judged to be aggravated” than not only whites but women of Spanish origin.

There are actual differences in the frequency of spousal violence in various ethnic groups although the data on such issue is contradictory and inconsistent. Minority groups in America and many other places experience higher rates of general victimization compared to majority members. For instance, the high risk of minority ethnic peoples to be arrested and victimized has been well well-known for some time.  Whether it could be native Indians in rural Canada, Puerto Ricans in New York City, Polynesians/Maoris in New Zealand, Hispanics in the Southwest United States or blacks in key US cities, minority persons have been arrested due to domestic crimes in higher numbers than warranted by their population (Mackune et al., p34). Although white police in America appears to anticipate more physical danger to themselves in minority areas where economically motivated crimes show interracial features, the fact remains that domestic crimes by minority groups are mostly directed towards similar member groups.

Works Cited

Mackune-Karrer, Betty, Kenneth Hardy, and George Saba. Minorities and family therapy. Routledge, 2014.