Types of Abuse
This type of abuse involves hitting, slapping, or causing bodily harm.
What is physical abuse?
A partner constantly checking your phone or demanding to know your whereabouts is a sign of this.
What is controlling behavior?
This legal document orders an abuser to stay away from their victim.
What is a restraining order/protection order?
Nearly 1 in this many women experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime.
What is 1 in 3?
The first step in helping a victim is to do this.
The first step in helping a victim is to do this.
This form of abuse includes insults, threats, and manipulation to control a person.
What is emotional/verbal abuse?
This phrase describes when an abuser makes a victim doubt their own reality or memories.
What is gaslighting?
This federal law protects survivors from being denied housing due to their history of abuse.
What is the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)?
This percentage of domestic violence cases involve male victims
What is around 1 in 10 or 10%?
This 3-digit number can connect you with emergency services.
What is 911?
Controlling a partner’s access to money or preventing them from working is called this.
What is financial abuse?
A cycle of violence typically includes these three stages: tension-building, explosion, and this last stage.
What is the honeymoon phase?
This U.S. hotline provides 24/7 support to domestic violence victims.
What is the National Domestic Violence Hotline?
Domestic violence cases often increase during these times (e.g., holidays, economic stress, pandemics
What are times of crisis?
If you suspect someone is in an abusive relationship, you should avoid doing this.
What is blaming or pressuring them to leave immediately?
Repeatedly following, watching, or harassing someone is legally known as this.
What is stalking?
An abuser may use this tactic to isolate a victim from family and friends.
What is social isolation?
In most U.S. states, police are required to do this when responding to a domestic violence call.
What is mandatory arrest or report the incident?
Leaving an abusive relationship can be dangerous because of this reason.
What is the risk of escalated violence?
These professionals can provide free legal support to survivors.
What are domestic violence advocates or lawyers?
Pressuring or forcing someone into sexual acts without consent is this crime.
What is sexual abuse/assault?
A common excuse abusers use to justify their behavior by blaming the victim.
What is victim-blaming?
This legal term refers to the ability of a survivor to file charges even if they initially didn’t report the abuse.
What is statute of limitations?
The presence of this item in a home increases the likelihood of domestic homicide by 500%
What is a firearm?
This confidential service offers counseling, safety planning, and shelter referrals.
What is the National Domestic Violence Hotline?