Types of Abuse
Statistics
Resources for Help
Cycle of Abuse
Myth or Fact
100

Violence that involves intimidation, hitting, and sometimes restricting movement

Physical Abuse

100

Number of times on average that a victim leaves an abusive relationship before staying away for good

7

100

Name of local shelter

Southwest Crisis Services

100

Consists of ____ stages

4

100

Alcohol/Drugs make perpetrators more violent

False - substance abuse is not an excuse for violent behavior

200

Violence that involves name calling, gaslighting, and blaming

Emotional Abuse

200

Statistically, the percentage of women murdered by a family member

55 - 60%

200

3 digit number that I asked you to remember

2-1-1

200

Stage in which incident is "forgotten" no abuse is happening

Calm/Honeymoon

200

Domestic violence always includes physical violence

False-violence can be emotional, financial, spiritual, etc. Domestic violence is about power and control, not physical pain

300

Violence that involves stealing, limiting purchasing ability, and taking resources

Financial Abuse

300

Statistically, the percentage of men murdered by a family member

5 - 10%

300

Agency that hosts weekly drop in sessions for victims of abuse

Saskatoon Family Services

300

Stage in which violence occurs

Incident

300

The highest rates of domestic violence are experienced by women in their 30's and 40's



False-Women age 18-24 experience violence at three times the rates of other age ranges

400

Violence that involves distancing from friends and family and/or manipulating situations to end relationshi

Isolation

400

On average, a woman in Canada is killed by a current or former intimate partner every _____ days

6

400

The Abuse Help Line Pages are found in the front of every _____________________.

Telephone Book

400

Stage in which walking on eggshells feeling occur

Tension Building

400

Domestic Abuse victims will never have a college education.

False - Domestic Abuse does not have any boundaries regarding education.

500

Violence that involves mocking of beliefs, forced change of beliefs, or forced change of traditio

Spiritual Abuse

500

In rural Saskatchewan, the percentage of the population that has called the police in an abusive situation

over 2%

500

PATHS stands for ______________________________.

Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan

500

Stage in which apologies and excuses are ma

Reconciliation

500

There are no programs or resources for perpetrators of abuse.

False - 211 and Southwest Crisis Services - and other agencies - have programming for perpetrators.

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