When your partner or husband does things to control or degrade you, this is called psychological and verbal abuse. You can be hurt emotionally by your husband. He may call you names, make fun of you and make you feel worthless by putting you down. He may threaten to send you back to your home country. He may threaten to take the children with him to another country.
Psychological abuse is difficult to define as a crime.
Certain aspects of the abuse may be covered in the offence of uttering threats . An abuser might also commit the offence of verbal abuse when there is an attempt or threat to use force and the other person has a reasonable belief that the threat will be carried out. Animals Forced confinement is when someone does not allow another person out of a house, room, bed or chair, for extended periods of time. There is an offence of forcible confinement when a person is confined or imprisoned against his or her will. There is also a criminal offence of failing to provide the necessities of life to a spouse or partner.