What is Domestic And Family Violence?

Domestic violence refers to violent behaviour between current or former intimate partners — typically where one partner tries to exert power and control over the other, usually through fear. It can include physical, sexual, emotional, social, verbal, spiritual and economic abuse.

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Family violence is the preferred term for violence between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as it covers the extended family and kinship relationships in which violence may occur.i.e

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Domestic violence behaviour includes when another person you’re in a relationship with:

* is physically or sexually abusive to you
* is emotionally or psychologically abusive to you
* is economically abusive to you
* is threatening to you
* is coercive, or
* controls or dominates you and causes you to fear for your safety or well-being or that of someone else.

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