Defining Abuse

From the Women's Health Network: Domestic violence is a term used to describe violence and abuse by family members or intimate partners such as a spouse, former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend, ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, or date. Other terms used for domestic violence include ... Good site to bookmark.

however, we know that all domestic violence is preceded by domestic abuse, often professionals don't clearly define the distinction. In Abuse situations, one is in a position to try and change things, in a violence situation, the rules have changed and we should use different approaches. So we added a section to distinguish battened two, look it over. Defining Abuse