Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence has many forms including physical aggression (strangulation, hitting, biting, shoving, restraining, throwing objects). Domestic Violence also encompases threats of physical aggression, emotional abuse, including, controlling behaviours, domineering, intimidation, isolation, stalking, neglect, extreme jealousy and economic deprivation.
Definition
Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other. Partners may be married or not married; heterosexual, gay, or lesbian; living together, separated or dating.
Examples of abuse include:
- name-calling or putdowns
- keeping a partner from contacting their family or friends
- withholding money
- stopping a partner from getting or keeping a job
- actual or threatened physical harm
- sexual assault
- stalking
- intimidation
Violence can be criminal and includes physical assault (hitting, pushing, shoving, etc.), sexual abuse (unwanted or forced sexual activity), and stalking. Although emotional, psychological and financial abuse are not criminal behaviors, they are forms of abuse and can lead to criminal violence.
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