Domestic abuse and domestic violence cross all socioeconomic lines.
All ages, all income brackets, all races, and all genders may be victims or perpetrators; it may occur in any sort of relationship, married or not, gay or straight, adolescent couples dating, or elderly married couples.
Do you:
- feel afraid of your partner much of the time?
- avoid certain topics out of fear of angering your partner?
- feel that you can’t do anything right for your partner?
- believe that you deserve to be hurt or mistreated?
- feel emotionally numb or helpless?
Does your partner:
- humiliate or yell at you?
- criticize you and put you down?
- treat you so badly that you’re embarrassed for your friends or family to see?
- ignore or put down your opinions or accomplishments?
- blame you for their own abusive behavior?
- see you as property or a sex object, rather than as a person?
- Your Partner’s Violent Behavior or Threats Your Partner’s Controlling Behavior
Does your partner:
- have a bad and unpredictable temper?
- act excessively jealous and possessive?
- hurt you, or threaten to hurt or kill you?
- control where you go or what you do?
- threaten to take your children away or harm them?
- keep you from seeing your friends or family?
- threaten to commit suicide if you leave?
- limit your access to money, the phone, or the car?
- force you to have sex?
- destroy your belongings?
- constantly check up on you?
If you see yourself and your relationship in these questions, seek assistance now!
| Name | Dave | Method | Assailant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlissa Matthews | January 01, 2013 | Shot | Ex-lover |
| Marcia Adams | January 03, 2014 | Stabbed | Husband |
| Judith Singh | January 07, 2014 | Stabbed | Husband (R) |
| Raveena Cozier | January 14, 2014 | Murdered | |
| Name | Dave | Method | Assailant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alancia Howard | January 06, 2013 | Assault | Shamal Shivnarine |
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