What is Domestic Violence?

Abuse is a pattern of behavior used to establish power and control over another person through fear and intimidation, often including the threat or use of violence. Battering happens when one person believes he or she is entitled to control another. Assault, battering and domestic violence are crimes.*

*Every Home a Safe Home- NCADV

Terminology such as family violence, battering, and abuse are other terms used interchangeably with domestic violence.