Education & Resources

Domestic Violence also known as Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner.

What Ways Can We Help Someone in a Domestic Violence Relationship?

What does Domestic Violence look like?

It can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, psychological, or technological actions or threats of actions or other patterns of coercive behavior that influence another person within an intimate partner relationship. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone.

Intimate Partner Violence alone affects more than 12 million people every year.

(Black, M.C., Basile, K.C., Breiding, M.J., Smith, S.G., Walters, M.L., Merrick, M.T., Chen, J., & Stevens, M.R. (2011). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 Summary Report. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)

Top 5 Red Flags of an Unhealthy Relationship

Does Domestic Violence affect Children?

Children witnessed violence in nearly 1 in 4 (22%) intimate partner violence cases filed in state courts.

(http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2009/BJS10007.htm)

One study found that children exposed to violence in the home were 15 times more likely to be physically and/or sexually assaulted than the national average.

(http://www.unicef.org/protection/files/BehindClosedDoor)

Does Domestic Violence only affect young children?

1 in 3 high school and 1 in 5 middle school students will experience some form of abuse by a dating partner (emotionally, physically, and sexually, harassed online, or harassed through texts by their partners).

1 in 11 female and 1 in 15 male teens has experienced physical violence in the past year.

Some have reported some form of abuse as early as 5th and 6th grade Victims of technology/digital abuse are 2 times more likely to be physically abused, 2.5 times more likely to be psychologically abuse, and 5 times more likely to be sexually coerced.

(SAFE DATES- HAZELDEN)

What makes a Healthy Relationship?

Signs of Teenage Dating Violence

Why Don’t They Leave?

The Worst Question You Could Ask…

What resources are available?