WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
Domestic violence is about one
person getting and keeping power and control over another person in an intimate
relationship. The abusive person might be your current or former spouse, live-in
lover or dating partner. A psychologist and law school professor who is an
expert in domestic violence has described it as "a pattern of behavior in which
one intimate partner uses physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation,
isolation and emotional, sexual or economic abuse to control and change the
behavior of the other partner." (Mary Ann Dutton)
Domestic violence
happens to people of all ages, races, ethnicities, and religions. It occurs in
both opposite-sex and same-sex relationships. Economic or professional status
does not indicate domestic violence - abusers and victims can be laborers or
college professors, judges or janitors, doctors or orderlies, schoolteachers,
truck drivers, homemakers or store clerks. Domestic violence occurs in the
poorest ghettos, the fanciest mansions and white-picket-fence neighborhoods.
Amberly's Place, Hotline: 928-373-0849
Safe House
Shelter, Hotline: 928-782-0077/877-440-0550
Please contact the Family
Advocacy Program Manager at (928) 328-3234/DSN 899-3234, Monday-Thursday,
6:30am-5:00pm.