Decisions Domestic Violence Forms Domestic Violence Video Domestic violence. Behind closed doors it secretly bruises the lives of nearly four million wives and children, relatives and friends each year.
Studies show that violence occurs at least once in two-thirds of all marriages.
Finally, many children who are abused, or who witness abuse of their mothers, grow up to become abusive themselves or become victims of domestic violence again. And the circle continues. Domestic Violence is, in North Carolina, the subject of special laws that provide quick and effective relief. A Practical Guide for Survivors . The North Carolina domestic violence statutes provide the specific procedure for obtaining relief under the act.