What is domestic violence?
Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone.
What are the different types of domestic violence?
There are four main types of domestic violence: physical, sexual, emotional, and economic.
What are the signs of an abusive relationship?
The signs of an abusive relationship include: a partner who controls all the money in the relationship, a partner who is extremely jealous or possessive, a partner who threatens violence or actually uses violence, a partner who tries to control what you do, who you see, or where you go, and a partner who isolated you from your friends or family.