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Domestic Violence

DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Domestic violence is a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors, including physical, sexual, and psychological attacks, as well as economic coercion, that adults or adolescents use against their intimate partner.

Domestic violence is...

◘ A pattern of behaviors including a variety of tactics – some physically injurious and some not, some criminal and some not – carried out in multiple, sometimes daily, episodes.

◘ A combination of physical force and terror used by the perpetrator that causes physical and psychological harm to the victim and children.

◘ A pattern of purposeful behavior, directed at achieving compliance from or control over the victim.

◘ Behaviors perpetrated by adults or adolescents against their intimate partner in current or former dating, married, or cohabiting relationships.


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