More than half of female victims of intimate violence live in households with children under 12.

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Domestic abuse is: a pattern of violent and coercive tactics committed by one intimate partner against another. a pattern of controlling behavior that consists of physical, sexual, and/or psychological abuse or assaults. a learned pattern of behavior. impactive to all those around the adult and child victim: family, friends, and co-workers. While most perpetrators are men, it is important to remember that most men are not perpetrators.