Basic Facts
The leading cause of injury to women in the U.S. between the ages of 15 and 44.
What is Domestic Violence?
Scratching, punching, biting, kicking, throwing objects, pulling hair, choking, pushing, using a weapon, slapping, shoving, grabbing, spitting, burning, holding down
What is Physical Abuse?
In this Phase the batterer is charming, hearts and flowers, it can last for weeks or years.
What is the "honeymoon" phase?
Instilling fear through looks, actions, gestures, or property destruction, being violent to other Parent or pets, using adult size, yelling.
What is Intimidation?
In an April 13, 1999 Associated Press article, his ex-wife Whitney Houston (R.I.P.) said that she was the aggressor in their marriage.
Who is Bobby Brown?
This occurs among people of all races, ages, socioeconomic classes, religious affiliations, occupations, and educational backgrounds.
What is Battering/Interpersonal Violence/Domestic Violence?
Name-calling and put downs, extreme jealously, making false accusations, yelling and screaming, intentionally embarrassing someone in front of other people, keeping one's partner from family and friends, telling one's partner what they can/can't do, intimidating, humiliating, stalking, threatening to commit suicide as a form of control.
What is Verbal/Emotional Abuse?
Escalates and increases over time, explosion of verbal and physical violence.
What is the "Explosion" phase?
Withholding basic needs, using money to control behavior, squandering family money, withholding child support, using children as an economic bargaining chip in divorce.
What is economic abuse?
Former Saturday Night Live star, was murdered by his wife in 1998. He was seeking a divorce from her at the time because of Domestic Abuse.
Who is Phil Hartman?
Following someone around, repeated phone calls, emails or texts, spreading rumors, threatening to disclose personal information, using online forums to threaten, embarrass or humiliate
What is Stalking?
Facebook stalking, hacking into a social media account to leave vile or slanderous messages, posting personal photgraphs without permission, posting messages on your wall designed to hurt the other person.
What is Social media abuse?
After battering his wife, a man returns the next day with flowers and cries as he apologizes and promises it will never happen again. This occurs in what phase?
What is the "Honeymoon" phase?
Using children to get/give information from/to other parent, using children as confidants, put downs, name calling, being inconsistent, shaming children.
What is emotional child abuse?
This R & B singer was admitted to the hospital in 2009 after an altercation with Chris Brown.
Who is Rhianna?
There are more than 61 in the state of Colorado for Battered women.
What are Shelters?
Unwanted kissing or touching, forcing someone to go further than they want to sexually, not letting one's partner use birth control or protection against STD's, degrading treatment based on a partner's gender, criticizing a partner sexually.
What is Sexual Abuse?
Fights, verbal abuse, criticism, and control "walking on eggshells"
What is the "Tension Building" phase?
Making statements about abandonment, suicide, physical harm, confinement, or harm to other loved ones.
What are Threats?
In 1993, his wife Hillary, allegedly slashed his face with her long fingernails, leaving a "mean Claw mark along his jawline."
Who is Bill Clinton?
This is the largest cause of homelessness in the U.S.
What is Domestic Violence?
Restricting expenses and mandating an allowance is an example of which type of abuses?
What is Economic Abuse?
In this phase the victim can't seem to do anything right, lots of fighting, verbal abuse, & control.
What is the "tension building" phase?
Treating children as servants, punishing, bossing, always winning, denying input in visitation and custody decisions, interrupting….
What is Using Adult Privilege?
This Tampa Bay Buccaneer's linebacker was in 2009 stabbed by his girlfriend in the head and neck.
Who is Geno Hayes?