Recognising Domestic Abuse:
Women's Aid defines "domestic abuse as an incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence, in the majority of cases by a partner or ex-partner, but also by a family member or carer. It is very common. In the vast majority of cases it is experienced by women and is perpetrated by men.
Domestic abuse can include, but is not limited to, the following:
- Coercive control (a pattern of intimidation, degradation, isolation and control with the use or threat of physical or sexual violence)
- Psychological and/or emotional abuse [2].
- Physical or sexual abuse.
- Financial or economic abuse.
- Harassment and stalking.
- Online or digital abuse.
This list is not exhaustive and there are many more examples of relationship abuse".
RELATIONSHIP ABUSE IS NEVER THE VICTIM'S FAULT
Hidden in Plain Sight - Coercive control and Domestic abuse
Sources;
What is Domestic Abuse? Women's Aid
Video by Scottish Women's Aid