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Domestic Violence Tactics

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Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, can be defined as a systematic pattern of behavior entailing a person’s use of intimidating, violent, or other abusive tactics to gain control of another in a domestic relationship. These tactics include mental, sexual, physical, emotional, and even economic abuse. The frequency and severity of domestic violence can vary dramatically from one relationship to another; but, the goal of gaining and maintaining power and control over the other stays the same

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