| Domestic violence (sometimes referred to
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| | Domestic violence is physical, sexual,
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| as domestic abuse) occurs when a family
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| | economic, or psychological abuse directed
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| member, partner or ex-partner attempts to
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| | towards one’s spouse, partner, or other
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| physically or psychologically dominate or
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| | family member within the household.
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| harm the other. The term "intimate
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| | CAFCASS in the United Kingdom in its
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| partner violence" (IPV) is often used
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| | "Domestic Violence Policy" uses domestic
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| synonymously, other terms have included
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| | violence to refer to a range of violent
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| "wife beating", "wife battering", "man
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| | and abusive behaviours, defining it as:
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| beating", "husband battering",
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| | Patterns of behaviour characterised by
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| "relationship violence", "domestic
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| | the misuse of power and control by one
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| abuse", "spousal abuse", and "family
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| | person over another who are or have been
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| violence" with some legal jurisdictions
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| | in an intimate relationship. It can occur
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| having specific definitions.
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| | in mixed gender relationships and same
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| Recent attention to domestic violence
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| | gender relationships and has profound
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| began in the women's movement as concern
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| | consequences for the lives of children,
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| about wives being beaten by their
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| | individuals, families and communities. It
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| husbands, and has remained a major focus
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| | may be physical, sexual, emotional and/or
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| of modern feminism, particularly in terms
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| | psychological. The latter may include
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| of "violence against women". [1]
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| | intimidation, harassment, damage to
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| Popular emphasis has tended to be on
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| | property, threats and financial abuse.
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| women as the victims of domestic violence
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| | The New York State Coalition.[citation
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| although with the rise of the men's
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| | needed] defines domestic violence as
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| movement, and particularly men's rights,
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| | "abusive behavior - emotional,
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| there is now some advocacy for men as
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| | psychological, physical, or sexual - that
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| victims, although the statistics
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| | one person in an intimate relationship
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| concerning the number of male victims
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| | uses in order to control the other. It
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| given by them are strongly contested by
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| | takes many different forms and includes
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| many groups active in research on or
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| | behaviors such as threats, name-calling,
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| working in the field of domestic violence
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| | preventing contact with family or
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| and "violence against men".[citation
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| | friends, withholding money, actual or
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| needed]
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| | threatened physical harm and sexual
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| Estimates are that only about a third of
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| | assault. Stalking can also be a form of
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| cases of domestic violence are actually
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| | domestic violence."
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| reported in the US and UK. In other
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| | A survey. in July and August 2006 of 2500
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| places where there has been less
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| | adults, males and females, 18 years of
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| attention and less support, reported
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| | age or older, in the continental United
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| cases would be still lower.
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| | States produced finding as per below.
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| Domestic violence occurs in all cultures;
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| | This survey was conducted by Opinion
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| people of all races, ethnicities,
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| | Research Corporation and Ruder Finn and
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| religions, and classes can be
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| | funded by Redbook Magazine and Liz
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| perpetrators of domestic violence.
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| | Claiborne
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| Domestic violence is perpetrated by, and
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| | "When asked to define what actions
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| on, both men and women, and occurs in
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| | comprise domestic violence and abuse, 2
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| same-sex and opposite-sex relationships.
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| | in 5 Americans (40%) did not even mention
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| Awareness and documentation of domestic
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| | hitting, slapping and punching. Over 90%
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| violence differs from country to country.
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| | of Americans failed to define repeated
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| According to the Centers for Disease
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| | emotional, verbal, sexual abuse and
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| Control domestic violence is a serious,
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| | controlling behaviors as patterns of
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| preventable public health problem
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| | domestic violence and abuse."[citation
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| affecting more than 32 million Americans,
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| | needed]
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| that is more than 10% of the U.S.
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| | The survey concluded: "When they can
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| population (Tjaden and Thoennes 2000).
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| | identify domestic abuse, Americans will
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| Domestic violence has many forms,
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| | act" Love is Not Abuse
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| including physical violence, sexual
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| | Domestic violence can be:
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| abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation,
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| | Physical violence
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| economic deprivation or threats of
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| | Direct physical violence, ranging from
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| violence. There are a number of
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| | unwanted physical contact to rape and
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| dimensions:
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| | murder.
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| mode - physical, psychological, sexual
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| | Indirect physical violence, including
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| and/or social
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| | destruction of objects, striking or
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| frequency - on/off, occasional, chronic
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| | throwing objects near the victim, harm to
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| severity – in terms of both
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| | animals
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| psychological or physical harm and the
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| | Mental/emotional violence
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| need for treatment – transitory or
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| | Verbal threats of physical violence to
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| permanent injury – mild, moderate,
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| | the victim, the self, or others including
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| severe up to homicide
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| | children, ranging from explicit, detailed
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| The means used to measure domestic
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| | and impending to implicit and vague as to
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| violence strongly influence the results
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| | both content and time frame
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| found. For example, studies of reported
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| | Verbal violence, including threats,
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| domestic violence and extrapolations of
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| | insults, put-downs, attacks
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| those studies show women preponderantly
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| | Nonverbal threats, including gestures,
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| as victims and men to be more violent,
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| | facial expressions, body postures
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| whereas the survey based Conflict Tactics
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| | Economic/social abuse
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| Scale, tends to show men and women
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| | Controlling victim's money and other
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| equally violent.[2]
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| | economic resources, preventing victim
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| The majority of studies investigate male
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| | from seeing friends and relatives,
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| on female domestic violence. Thus,
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| | actively sabotaging victim's social
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| information on female-on-male (or
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| | relationships and isolating victim from
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| same-sex) violence tends to be less
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| | social contacts.
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| available.
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| | Spiritual abuse
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