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* Emotional/psychological abuse: threats of harm/abandonment, over controlling, harassment, intimidation & withdrawal from support networks/services

Physical abuse can be hitting, slapping, pushing, dragging, forcing limbs and putting them into to situations and actions they don’t want to do, this can also know as restraint. Other types of abuse can be medication abuse, force feeding.

Physical abuse includes the smashing of furniture and personal belongings, being pushed or shoved, being held against your will,

Physical abuse includes the smashing of furniture and personal belongings, being pushed or shoved, being held against your will, slapped, bitten,

Physical: Physical abuse is a type of abuse when someone is being physically harmed by another/group of person/people. It is an aggressive behaviour that results in another person having physical injuries. It could be that they don’t even use their own fists to hit someone; they may use another object to throw or hit someone with. It could be kicking or punching, restrained to a chair, being locked in a room, grabbing, and pushing, slapping, pulling hair, biting, punching and kicking.

Believe it or not domestic abuse is more than physical. “Domestic abuse includes forced or arranged marriages, sexual, verbal, emotional, and economic abuse as well.”(wiki) Let’s break these down and explain exactly what these types of abuse mean. “Arranged marriages usually occur in many Eastern countries where a child commonly around the age of 5 is married to a much older man who is then used as a wife after her first menstrual period for children and work. Sexual abuse occurs when a man or woman takes advantage of another through rape, drugs, molesting, and even sexual comments. Many know but do not consider the laws on age of consent; if a partner is too young for such a relationship.”(Wikipedia) Verbal abuse consists of yelling and screaming in a way that would be considered bullying. “Emotional abuse is a cycle of intimidation, threats, and undermines self-worth. The abuser in this situation gets in the victims head and makes them feel as though they deserve to be punished. Economic abuse is when the abuser has complete control over the partner’s finances making it difficult for them to escape or have any freedom.”(Wikipedia)

Physical abuse: Physical abuse is when an individual is being physically harmed by the people who are responsible for their care

According to “The United States Department of Justice” Domestic violence is defined as 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. Domestic violence has different forms sexual, physical, emotional and psychological actions or threats. These forms of treatment can influence another person. There are

This act of abuse is when the victim is being touched or sexual act is being preformed is unwanted. The abuser sometimes uses this tactic as a punishment. “Financial abuse is the use or misuse, without the partner’s freely given consent, of the financial or other monetary resources of the partner or of the partnership.” (Types of Domestic Abuse). The abuser will keep the victim(s) away from their jobs, which will cause them to lose money and eventually get fired. The abuser will also create conflict with the victim’s coworkers. They will also take the victim’s credit cards and will also take control of their bank account(s) and control their spending. “Identity abuse is using personal characteristics to demean, manipulate and control the partner…tactics overlap with other forms of abuse, particularly emotional abuse…comprised of the social “isms”, including racism, sexism, ageism, able-ism, beauty-ism, as well as homophobia.” (Type of Domestic Abuse). The abuser will stereotype the victims(s) by their ethnicity, race, sexuality, or gender. They will also humiliate them and judge them by their behavior and how they do things. This will also lower the victim’s self esteem and self confidence. These types of abuse are very dangerous psychologically and physically.

According to the Violence Prevention Initiative, “ Violence is the pattern of behavior intended to establish and maintain control over another person, and often reflect an imbalance of power between the victim and the abuser.” Violence is generally can be classified into these types which are Physical violence, it usually occurs when someone uses a part of their body or an object to control a person’s actions such as hitting, slapping, pushing,

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior or coercive control in any relationship that is used by one person to gain or maintain power and control over another. (Violence). Most of society’s think domestic violence is when one of the spouses is abusing the other spouse. Domestic violence can occur between anyone who has lived together at one point of time; couples who have never lived together, but have a child together and family member who has live together in the same household. Domestic violence can happen to anyone, regardless of their class, religion, ethnic background, education, age, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, gender presentation, or immigration status. The domestic violence can place in different categories, such as; emotional abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse and financial abuse. Researcher had discovered tactics that the abusers use to control their victims such as; dominance, humiliation, isolation, threats, intimidation, denial and shifting blame. (Helpguide.org).

Physical abuse is when someone deliberately hurts another person causing injuries such as cuts and bruises (HealthyPlace, 2015). Anyone can experience physical abuse at any time. Physical abuse on adults can include domestic violence, abuse on elderly in care homes or when being cared for in their homes by nurses or family members, people with a disabilities or mental illness, substances abusers. Physical abuse acts include: Hitting, slapping, assaulting, scratching, shoving, mistreatment of medication, restraint (Safeguardingdurhamadults.info, 2015).

Physical- Physical abuse is used against someone that injures or dangers a person. It is a crime whether it happens inside or outside of the family. No matter the form of physical abuse that is used even if its minor you can be severely injured as a result. In a relationship a spouse or partner may have injured you a few times but it is likely they will continue to do so.

Aggressing: Aggressive forms of abuse include name-calling, belittling, accusing, blaming, threatening, ordering, and stalking. These behaviors are usually direct and very obvious. Through this behavior, the abuser undermines the equality and autonomy needed to have a healthy relationship. The relationship takes on a more parent-to-child pattern of communication. A more indirect form of emotional abuse can be disguised as “helping.” Abusers may use criticism, advice, probing, and questioning as a sincere attempt to offer their partner help. In some instances, however, these behaviors can be used by an abuser as an attempt to belittle, control, or demean their partner or spouse rather than to help them.

Physical Abuse: Punching, kicking, slapping, or choking are some physical control tactics of domestic violence abusers. They may abandon you in unfamiliar places, drive recklessly when you are in the vehicle, and injure your children. If you try to call the police or get medical attention, they stop you.