Power & Control Wheel
Abusers may isolate victims by cutting them off from these two groups.
Family and friends.
This type of order legally prevents an abuser from contacting or approaching the victim.
Protection order.
No contact orders are most often issued during what type of case?
Criminal case.
A temporary protection order is often issued when the victim shows ___ danger.
Immediate or present danger.
Name one way an abuser may use emotional abuse from the wheel.
Insults, humiliation, or making the victim feel guilty.
True or False: Protection orders can only cover physical abuse.
False (they can cover threats, harassment, stalking, etc.).
A no contact order prohibits communication in person, by phone, or through ___.
Electronic means (texts, email, social media).
TPOs are usually valid until what event occurs?
The full court hearing.
Minimizing, denying, and blaming shifts responsibility from the abuser to ___.
The victim.
A survivor may request a protection order through which court system?
Civil Court.
Who has the authority to request a no contact order in a criminal case?
The Judge.
True or False: A TPO can sometimes grant temporary child custody.
True.
This wheel shows how abusers use different tactics to maintain ___ in a relationship.
Power and control.
A protection order can require an abuser to leave this shared place.
The home or residence.
True or False: The victim can personally drop a no contact order at any time.
False (only the court can modify or dismiss it).
A victim can usually request a TPO by filing paperwork at this location.
The courthouse.
The Power and Control Wheel is most often used as a teaching tool in what type of programs?
Domestic violence intervention/advocacy programs.
Violating a protection order can result in what two consequences?
Arrest and criminal charges.
If a defendant violates a no contact order, what typically happens?
Arrest and additional criminal charges.
What happens if an abuser violates a TPO?
Law enforcement can arrest them immediately.