DomesticViolence

I was about 24 when I got married. From the beginning, he yelled at me and pushed me around. I atttended church and believed that once you got married, you stayed married so I just kept letting him do it. Then one summer, after being married almost seven years, he held me down and was ... Read more

I am a 40 year old woman, who has been with my current boyfriend 2 1/2 years.. Before, him, I was married to my "first love" for 15 years. Too young, would be our problem, fighting between us was there, not alot of hitting, some, both ways... After our divorce, he lost it, I had ... Read more

My spouse called the police, but she wants the case against me to be dismissed. Won’t the prosecutor dismiss my case if she refuses to press charges? The myth of a case being dismissed when the alleged victim “refuses to press charges” is one of the biggest misconceptions about criminal law. The fact is that ... Read more

People engage in abusive behavior to try to get their way when others will not, or cannot, comply with their impulses and other demands.  The violence involved in physical abuse, for example, is a tool by which an abuser forces others to do what he, or she, wants.  Sexual abuse, controlling behavior, manipulation, verbal abuse, ... Read more

National Institute of Justice Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office on Women's Health DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REGISTRIES A domestic violence registry is a searchable database of individuals convicted of domestic violence. It is free and open to the public, similar to sex offender registries that exist in most states. The registry includes information such as ... Read more

The term “domestic violence” includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner, ... Read more