Violence & Abuse
Violence or aggressive behavior within the home
What is Domestic Violence?
What is Digital Abuse?
The percentage of women that have experienced physical violence, sexual violence, or stalking by a partner.
What is 41%
Social workers provide prevention and awareness about this through these actions
What are educational activities and facilitated discussions?
In 1994 this act recognized Intimate Partner Violence and Domestic Violence as a national crimes.
What is the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)?
Violence toward a current or former partner or spouse that is physical, sexual, verbal, financial, or emotional
What is Intimate Partner Violence?
The percentage of men that have experienced physical violence, sexual violence, or stalking by a partner.
What is 26%?
Hitting, kicking, punching, hair pulling
What is Physical Violence?
Using money to manipulate and control your partner, now allowing them to work or go to school, not giving them money for necessities, stealing their money or possessions.
What is Financial Abuse?
The number of women who have experienced psychological aggression from an intimate partner?
What is 61 million?
This ethic empowers females to recognize and avoid risks associated with intimate partner violence
What is Service?
Under this act, possessing a firearm or ammunition is a crime if you are subject to an order of protection.
What is the Gun Control Act?
Name-calling, yelling, humiliation, isolation from friends and family, and controlling behavior.
What is Emotional/Psychological abuse?
The number of men who have experienced psychological aggression from an intimate partner?
What is 53 million?
Unwanted kissing or touching, refusal to use contraception or preventing your partner from using it, purposeful STD infection of a partner, rape.
What is Sexual Abuse?
A pattern of following, monitoring, or harassing someone. Causing them to fear for their safety.
What is Stalking?
This ethic challenges the high occurrence of IPV by reducing it through education and empowerment of females.
What is Social Justice?