“…There is always a close relationship between victims and the perpetrator of family violence. The victims Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago iwoye, Nigeria E-mail: akinyemi.adenuga@oouagiwoye.edu.ng are immediate family members like spouses, parents, brothers, sisters, sons and / or daughters; extended family member such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces and siblings-in-law (McCluskey, 2010). The victimization in this case is based on the socio-cultural relations in the family (marital, parental, collateral).…”