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Physical and/or emotional harm suffered by person who is a family member of, or residing in the same home as, the offender who caused the harm or injury.
Ãâó: www.goldberg-law.com/legal_vocabulary.htm
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| domestic violence |
Any hurtful or unwanted behavior perpetrated upon an individual by an intimate or prior intimate. Includes physical, psychological and emotional abuse. Primarily a learned behavior whose effects, without intervention, become more destructive over time.
Ãâó: www.turnaroundinc.org/pages/facts/glossary.html
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| domestic violence |
Physical or mental abuse that occurs between members of a family, common home or household. Definition of domestic violence in Australia is not restricted to that between husband and wife alone. It can extend to other members of the extended family.
Ãâó: www.emerys.com.au/glossary.htm
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| domestic violence |
Emotional, psychological, physical, sexual, or economic abuse that one person in an intimate relationship uses in order to control the other.
Ãâó: sexualassault.rutgers.edu/crimedefs.htm
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| domestic violence |
any physical abuse or threat or pattern thereof, between intimately involved partners, roommates, or family members. Domestic violence and other domestic friction is a significant contributor to homelessness and general domestic upheaval.. Although most domestic violence victims are ostensibly women, some social recognition is beginning to manifest for male domestic violence victims as well.
Ãâó: www.tenantrights.net/text/pg-glossary.html
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