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Domestic violence Domestic violence (sometimes referred to economic, or psychological abuse as domestic abuse) occurs when a family directed towards one’s spouse, member, partner or ex-partner attempts partner, or other family member within to physically or psychologically the household. dominate or harm the other. The term CAFCASS in the United Kingdom in its "intimate partner violence" (IPV) is "Domestic Violence Policy" uses domestic often used synonymously, other terms violence to refer to a range of violent have included "wife beating", "wife and abusive behaviours, defining it as: battering", "man beating", "husband Patterns of behaviour characterised by battering", "relationship violence", the misuse of power and control by one "domestic abuse", "spousal abuse", and person over another who are or have been "family violence" with some legal in an intimate relationship. It can jurisdictions having specific occur in mixed gender relationships and definitions. same gender relationships and has Recent attention to domestic violence profound consequences for the lives of began in the women's movement as concern children, individuals, families and about wives being beaten by their communities. It may be physical, sexual, husbands, and has remained a major focus emotional and/or psychological. The of modern feminism, particularly in latter may include intimidation, terms of "violence against women". [1] harassment, damage to property, threats Popular emphasis has tended to be on and financial abuse. women as the victims of domestic The New York State Coalition.[citation violence although with the rise of the needed] defines domestic violence as men's movement, and particularly men's "abusive behavior - emotional, rights, there is now some advocacy for psychological, physical, or sexual - men as victims, although the statistics that one person in an intimate concerning the number of male victims relationship uses in order to control given by them are strongly contested by the other. It takes many different forms many groups active in research on or and includes behaviors such as threats, working in the field of domestic name-calling, preventing contact with violence and "violence against family or friends, withholding money, men".[citation needed] actual or threatened physical harm and Estimates are that only about a third of sexual assault. Stalking can also be a cases of domestic violence are actually form of domestic violence." reported in the US and UK. In other A survey. in July and August 2006 of places where there has been less 2500 adults, males and females, 18 years attention and less support, reported of age or older, in the continental cases would be still lower. United States produced finding as per Domestic violence occurs in all below. This survey was conducted by cultures; people of all races, Opinion Research Corporation and Ruder ethnicities, religions, and classes can Finn and funded by Redbook Magazine and be perpetrators of domestic violence. Liz Claiborne Domestic violence is perpetrated by, and "When asked to define what actions on, both men and women, and occurs in comprise domestic violence and abuse, 2 same-sex and opposite-sex relationships. in 5 Americans (40%) did not even Awareness and documentation of domestic mention hitting, slapping and punching. violence differs from country to Over 90% of Americans failed to define country. According to the Centers for repeated emotional, verbal, sexual abuse Disease Control domestic violence is a and controlling behaviors as patterns of serious, preventable public health domestic violence and abuse."[citation problem affecting more than 32 million needed] Americans, that is more than 10% of the The survey concluded: "When they can U.S. population (Tjaden and Thoennes identify domestic abuse, Americans will 2000). act" Love is Not Abuse Domestic violence has many forms, Domestic violence can be: including physical violence, sexual Physical violence abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, Direct physical violence, ranging from economic deprivation or threats of unwanted physical contact to rape and violence. There are a number of murder. dimensions: Indirect physical violence, including mode - physical, psychological, sexual destruction of objects, striking or and/or social throwing objects near the victim, harm frequency - on/off, occasional, chronic to animals severity – in terms of both Mental/emotional violence psychological or physical harm and the Verbal threats of physical violence to need for treatment – transitory or the victim, the self, or others permanent injury – mild, moderate, including children, ranging from severe up to homicide explicit, detailed and impending to The means used to measure domestic implicit and vague as to both content violence strongly influence the results and time frame found. For example, studies of reported Verbal violence, including threats, domestic violence and extrapolations of insults, put-downs, attacks those studies show women preponderantly Nonverbal threats, including gestures, as victims and men to be more violent, facial expressions, body postures whereas the survey based Conflict Economic/social abuse Tactics Scale, tends to show men and Controlling victim's money and other women equally violent.[2] economic resources, preventing victim The majority of studies investigate male from seeing friends and relatives, on female domestic violence. Thus, actively sabotaging victim's social information on female-on-male (or relationships and isolating victim from same-sex) violence tends to be less social contacts. available. Spiritual abuse Domestic violence is physical, sexual, 1 A B C 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94