Politics & Government
Defining, Understanding Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault or other abusive behavior.
October 12, 2021
Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault or other abusive behavior as part of systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, threats and emotional psychological abuse.
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