In your response, include the cycle-of-violence hypothesis and the psychological effects of child abuse and other domestic violence on children. Watch the two Youtube video case studies below and comment on the dysfunctional nature of the violence and individuals in both videos, include specific characteristics relevant to each case.

Case Study 1: Burt and Linda Pugach Case: Burton N. “Burt” Pugach is a New York based lawyer who spent 14 years in prison for hiring men to throw lye in the face of his former girlfriend (and future wife), Linda Eleanor Riss. In 1959 Pugach began an infamous courtship of Linda Riss, a 21-year-old woman from the East Bronx. Upon discovering that Pugach had a wife and daughter, Riss broke off their relationship. Pugach then threatened to kill or hurt Riss if she left him, saying “If I can’t have you, no one else will have you, and when I get through with you no one else will want you.”

YouTube Video-CS 1:

Case Study 2: Betty Broderick Case: Elisabeth Anne “Betty” Broderick is an American former suburban housewife, convicted of the November 5, 1989 murders of her ex-husband, Daniel T. Broderick III, and his second wife, Linda (Kolkena) Broderick. After a second trial, she was convicted on December 11, 1991 of two counts of second-degree murder and later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison. The case received extensive media attention, and was extremely controversial. Several books were written on the Broderick case, and a made-for-tv movie was televised in two parts.

YouTube Video-CS 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn8injAaDcA