Domestic violence is a violent confrontation that explodes in the home between family members.
Usually we mean violence between a man and a woman living together, whether married or not. But domestic violence can also include violence between persons who are not living together, such as persons who are dating, or a woman and the father of her children. Some domestic violence is between a parent and a child, or even an adult child and an elderly parent. Domestic violence can consist solely of property damage. But in 95 percent of the cases, domestic violence involves the man in a relationship repeatedly using physical force to injure the woman.