Types of Abuse
Your partner pushes you to be your best by constantly pointing out your weaknesses, shortcomings, and areas where you need to improve. Never expressing what you are doing good.
What is emotional abuse.
This percentage of sexual violence that occurs in the world is perpetrated by someone you know/close to you.
What is 90%
in criminal law, any act of sexual contact that a person suffers, submits to, participates in, or performs as a result of force or violence, threats, fear, or deception or without having legally consented to the act.
What is sexual abuse.
When a conflict occurs one partner always puts their handgun on the table during the discussion and asks questions like "is that really what you want to do/say?"
What is intimidation/threats.
Who should you call if you experience a hostile or dangerous situation where weapons, threats, or physical violence is involved?
What is 911
A child shows up to school with patterned bruising on their arm and thigh.
What is physical abuse.
What percentage of older adults with dementia experience abuse?
What is 43%
This type of abuse entails the use of technology to harass, demean, or intimidate someone.
What is digital abuse.
What is financial exploitation.
What is Thrive Virginia's Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline Number?
What is 877-966-HELP(4357)
A student meets with a college professor to discuss their paper and get feedback. When the professor turns their computer around there are pornographic images displayed instead of the paper.
What is sexual abuse.
2 in ____ children globally regularly experience violent punishment by caregivers at home.
What is 3.
This type of abuse is a form of mistreatment that involves controlling, exploiting, or manipulating another person's finances for personal gain.
What is financial abuse.
Your partner becomes angry when you make plans to visit family, friends, or participate in social activities. Claiming it is neglectful to their relationship.
What is isolation.
How can I obtain Thrive Virginia services?
What is call our intake line, inquire through our website, or someone submits a referral on your behalf.
You assign a power of attorney to your child. They start to make purchases for their personal life, disregard your medical expenses so you are sent to collections, and changes your bank without your knowledge.
What is financial abuse.
Almost one in ____ women (47.3% or 59 million) and more than four in ____ men (44.2% or 52.1 million) in the United States reported contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime.
What is 2 and 10
This type of abuse is any intentional violence done by a partner, spouse or family member with the intent to assert power and control over someone else. This type of abuse can look like hitting, spitting, kicking, pushing, use of weapons, and strangulation.
What is physical abuse
Someone continuously begs for sexual contact and says you must not love them if you do not perform.
What is coercion.
This protocol is triggered by law enforcement when they respond on scene to an intimate partner violence call.
What is the Lethality Assessment Protocol. (LAP)
Someone demands that you share your location with them through life 360 and will unexpectedly show up to where you are on multiple occasions.
What is digital abuse.
If someone is strangled by their intimate partner, this percentage indicates how much more likely they are to be murdered by their abuser than if never being strangled before.
What is 700%
This type of abuse is characterized by a pattern of making a partner feel worthless to lower their self-esteem through tactics such as isolation, manipulation, gaslighting, and threats.
What is mental/emotional/psychological abuse.
Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse whereby a person or group manipulates one or more people into questioning their sanity and perception of reality. What section of the general power and control wheel does this fall under?
What is Deny, blame, and minimize.
This is a critical step in moving towards escaping a violent situation through gathering important documents, informing loved ones, knowing resources available to you, and identifying safe shelter.
What is safety planning.