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Domestic violence
* Domestic Violence Is A Crime
  - are services that provide assistance for low income persons
  - can be in any home and any person in that home can be a victim
* Domestic Violence happens among all sectors of society
  - in an intimate relationship
* Domestic Violence is Intergenerational and Self-perpetuating
  - abuse within a family or intimate relationship
  - embedded in our social structure and customs
  - in all of our communities
  - often a long term situation
  - the number one cause of injury to women in America
  - violence in the home
* Domestic Violence tends to follow a cycle of three phases
  - recur and increase with severity over time
  - transcends racial, age and socioeconomic boundaries
  - works on ways to improve physician education in the area of domestic violence
* Most domestic violence is committed against women by their male partners
  - emotional and verbal in nature
  - perpetrated against children, and most often the perpetrator is female
* affects all members of a family, as well as the community in which they live.
* affects at least one out of every four American families
  - every four U.S. families
  - individuals of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds
  - more than just women of childbearing age
  - people at work
* affects people of all ages and all cultures
  - socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels
* affects the entire community
  - rich and poor, and it affects children and other family members
  - thousands of women every year in Iowa
  - women from all religious, ethnic, economic, and educational backgrounds
* afflicts communities regardless of economic, ethnic or racial identity.
* black hole on the court's time.
* brutal and often fatal act.
* business problem.
* can affect the whole family, especially our children
  - also spill over into the workplace
  - and often does escalate in severity
  - arise in other family relationships as well
* can be a source of jeopardy to combat readiness and to military families
  - an overwhelming experience for everyone in the household
  - another form of hate crime
  - lethal
  - obvious shoving, slapping, punching and constant put-downs
  - physical, emotional or sexual abuse
  - consist solely of property damage
* can happen anywhere
  - in any household
* can happen to anyone and anywhere
  - of any race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender
  - anyone, anytime and anywhere
* can have bad effects on physical and psychological health
  - long-term effects on children
* can involve physical, emotional, financial, sexual or social abuse
  - sexual, emotional,economic and psychological abuse
* can lead to fatalities
  - murder of the sister, and the brother being put in jail
  - leave victims feeling trapped and unable to help themselves
* can occur in any family and in any relationship
  - type of relationship where two adults are involved
  - seriously limit women's ability to participate in both paid and unpaid work
* can shatter a life as suddenly as a car wreck
  - families and destroy lives
  - start at home
* can strike any household
  - in any home, social class, or religion
* can take many forms from beatings, sexual assault, molestation, and even murder
* causes more emergency room visits than car accidents, rapes and muggings combined
  - physical harm, but it also can leave mental scars that last a lifetime
  - some girls to run away in desperation
* common but often poorly recognized source of medical morbidity.
* community issue as well as a personal and family issue
* complex social problem.
* concrete evil.
* consists of physical, sexual, emotional, and social abuse.
* continues to be a problem in virtually every country
  - serious problem in the Korean American community
  - plague our society and our state
* contributes to the overwhelming state of violence in our society.
* costs employers billions of dollars each year.
* cowardly, secret, and sociopathic abuse of power.
* crime against society, as are similar acts of violence between strangers.
* crime and almost always escalates
  - never the fault of the one being hurt
  - in Massachusetts
  - that goes in a continuing circle
  - which is of concern to many communities
* crime, and domestic violence abusers are criminals, plain and simple
  - perpetrators are criminals
  - just like robbery or rape
* criminal activity.
* crosses all cultural lines, however, and is prevalent state and nationwide
  - cultural, racial, educational, and socioeconomic boundaries
  - cultures, races, and socioeconomic levels
  - demographic lines
  - racial and age barriers
* crosses all racial, economic, sexual orientation and religious barriers
  - ethnic, economic, and religious communities
  - social and economic boundaries
* crosses all social, economic, cultural, educational, and religious boundaries
  - racial, cultural and religious boundaries
  - socioeconomic, ethnic, racial, educational, age, and religious lines
  - every economic, social, and racial barrier
  - racial, religious and chronological lines
* cuts across all economic, racial and cultural boundaries
  - levels of education and class
  - race, class, and professional lines
  - social, racial, educational and economic lines with no exceptions
  - social-economic lines
  - socioeconomic classes, ages, sexes, races, and religious groups
  - socioeconomic, cultural and gender lines
  - walks of life
* destroys families and disrupts a child's emotional development.
* destructive cycle and it always gets worse.
* deteriorates the family and the community.
* dirty little secret that can destroy the lives of everyone involved.
* disrupts children's lives.
* does occur in dating relationships.
* effects everyone.
* encompasses spouse abuse and child abuse.
* exacts a toll on individual women and on American business and government.
* exists in all communities.
* experienced by pregnant teenagers serious maternal and child health problem.
* fact of life for millions of American women
* falls into several categories.
* follows a vicious cycle that often explodes in violence or other abuse.
* form of abuse that can be physical, verbal and emotional
  - control that one person exercises over another
  - intimidation
* growing problem in our society as is violence generally.
* hampers a victim's ability to perform in the workplace.
* happens in all communities regardless of race,class,age or sexual orientation
  - kinds of families and relationships
  - military families of all ranks and ages
  - to all sorts of people
* happens to people of all ages, races, ethnicities, and religions
  - races, income, and education levels
  - women of every age, race, background, class, job category and religion
* has a long history
  - negative impact on military readiness and good order and discipline
  - physical and psychological impact on all members of a family
  - tremendous impact on the legal profession
  - adverse effects on individuals, families, and society in general
  - extremely high costs for the family, the community, and the future
  - immediate and long-term detrimental effects on children
* has many different definitions
  - indicators
* has no certain race, social status or whatever
  - socioeconomic preference
  - short, medium and long-term consequences on women and children
* health care problem of epidemic proportions.
* human problem.
* hurts all family members
  - both women and men
  - victims as well as their families
* impacts a woman's performance on the job.
* includes actual or threatened physical , sexual, psychological, or economic abuse
  - emotional, physical and sexual attacks
  - multiple forms of abuse such as physical, sexual, and psychological
  - physical and sexual attacks and threats
  - physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse between partners
* incorporates several types of abuse.
* involves a set of complex issues.
* is about control
  - the abuse of power and it's about treating other people as things
* is abuse between family members or related persons
  - married or unmarried partners
* is abuse by a caregiver, a parent, a spouse or an intimate partner
  - that happens in a personal relationship
  - abuse, manipulation and control that is unwanted by the victim
  - abusive, criminal behavior
* is against the law in Hawaii and most other states
* is all about control
  - too common in American families
* is also a workplace issue
  - more common among couples who cohabit
  - always wrong and in many instances crime
* is an abuse of power
  - abusive pattern of power and control
  - area of concern where our collective voice is being raised
  - entrenched and complex problem
  - epidemic of major proportions
* is an equal opportunity crime
  - phenomenon
* is an equal-opportunity crime
  - offender
  - equality issue
  - example of where women have suffered greatly
  - important factor during a divorce to determine custody of children
* is an issue in a high percentage of the divorce, annulment or separation cases
  - of safety for women and children worldwide
* is an issue that affects many families
  - is completely ignored in Russia
  - offense against our institutional values
  - unacknowledged epidemic in our society
* is another example of running red lights in our society
  - problem faced by many Israeli women, both religious and secular
  - any emotional, physical or sexual abuse by a family member, often by a partner
  - behavior that attempts to control the victim in one or more ways
* is believed to be the most common and least reported crime in the United States
  - common but least reported crime in the United States
  - common yet least reported crime in our nation
  - common yet least reported crime in the country
  - common, but least reported, crime in our nation
* is caused by a person choosing to use violence
  - costly, both in human and organizational terms
  - cyclical, from explosion to remorse to explosion
  - date rape plus harassment, vandalism and stalking
  - destructive behavior intended to control others
  - different and far removed from other forms of abuse
  - diseases
  - epidemic in the American family
  - everyone's problem
  - everywhere
  - family violence
* is far more prevalent among mixed couples than among whites
  - than just spousal abuse
  - handled in peacemaking at the victim's choice
  - high as a result of forced marriages and the brutalisation of society
  - insanity of the worst sort
  - insidious because very often it happens behind closed doors
  - intentional and instrumental behaviour
  - irrelevant to parental fitness
  - kept secret
  - labeled the largest human rights violation affecting women and girls globally
* is lethal and common
  - for women and has no racial, religious, social, or economic boundaries
  - like the loudest person in customer service
  - many different types of abuse
  - more prevalent in lower and upper middle classes than in the poor families
* is more than a series of isolated physical attacks
  - the occasional family dispute
  - much more common than most people realise
  - multi-generational
  - no different then alcoholism, or drug dependency
  - of great concern, and discrimination against women is still widespread
  - often invisible in the lives of people with disabilities
  - one of the largest categories of calls to police
* is one of the leading causes for homelessness
  - least reported crimes in America
* is one of the most common crimes committed, but one of the least reported
  - of all crimes in the United States
  - pervasive, yet under-reported, crimes in America
* is one of the most serious epidemics facing health care professionals today
  - problems in our society today
  - only physical abuse
  - passed down from generation to generation
  - physical or emotional abuse that happens between partners
  - physical, mental, sexual or emotional abuse in an intimate relationship
* is prevalent among all socioeconomic classes
  - throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, etc
  - primarily abuse done by men on women
  - probably the most common form of violence today
  - rampant in America
  - real and it affects people's lives everyday
* is recognized as a crime in all states
  - an issue with significant medical consequences, including death
  - reportedly common, and there are credible reports of trafficking of women
  - rooted in a long history of oppression
  - said to take place most often in the home
  - second only to car accidents as a cause for female emergency room visits
  - statistically consistent across racial and ethnical lines
* is still prevalent in our country, in our state and in our community
  - very prevalent, and directly effects many of our children
  - supported by societal indifference
* is the beating of a victim
  - breeding place for social violence
  - extreme expression of the belief in male dominance over women
  - leading cause of emergency room visits by women
* is the leading cause of homelessness among women with children
* is the leading cause of injury among women in the United States today
  - and homicide among American women
  - for women in the United States
  - for women worldwide
  - to women in the United States
  - least likely violent crime to be reported to the police
  - main cause of injury to women treated at hospital emergency rooms
* is the most common cause of injury to women in our society
* is the most common form of assault in Australia
  - violence and needs to be made a public issue
  - violence in Australia
  - violent crime in the United States
  - frequently occurring and underreported crime in the nation
  - prevalent form of discrimination against women
  - under-reported crime in the United States
* is the most unreported crime in the United States
  - other than child abuse and sexual abuse
  - nation's leading cause of injury to women
  - number one cause of emergency room visits by women
  - picture most people have
  - result of retaliation
* is the single largest cause of injury to women
  - major cause of injury to women in the United States
  - most underreported crime in the United States
  - sole responsibility of the abuser
* is thought be more common among the immigrant population
  - to be more prevalent among immigrant women than among U.S. citizens
  - tragic when it occurs
  - unacceptable human behaviour
  - usually a one-time event, an isolated incident
  - very common
  - viewed as contrary to the best interests of the child
  - violence committed against one person by another person of the same household
  - when abuse occurs in relationships between two or more intimates
* is widespread and occurs among all socioeconomic groups
  - throughout our society
* is widespread, and abused women have no recourse
  - considered a family issue
  - wrong because it is violence against another human being, period
* jeopardizes the employment and financial security of many Washington workers.
* knows no age or gender
  - boundaries of class, creed, religion, educational, or economic level
* leading cause of injury here and across the nation
  - indicator that child abuse is happening in the home
* learned behavior usually by boys who witness their fathers' violence
  - pattern of behaviors used by one person to gain control of another
* lethal and costly crime.
* major cause of family homelessness
  - obstacle on the way to gender equality
* major problem across the nation
* major social concern
  - problem facing our society
* makes no distinctions in terms of education level, social status or religion.
* malicious and cowardly crime.
* medical issue, as well.
* multi-faceted problem.
* national disgrace
  - pastime
* occurs a. only in low-income households.
* occurs across all ages, and happens too frequently in the context of teen dating
  - cultures, ages, ethnic groups and social classes
  - socioeconomic and demographic boundaries
  - the economic board
* occurs among all ages, races, and religions
  - kinds of people
  - races and socioeconomic groups
* occurs among all races, ages, and religions
  - religious, and socio-economic groups
  - religions and socioeconomic groups
  - every race,ethnic group and socio-economic level
  - at least once in two-thirds of all marriages
  - between both married
  - equally across all sectors of society
* occurs in all ages, races, genders and social classes
  - economic, cultural, racial, and religious groups
  - parts of society regardless of race or economic status
  - social and economic groups
  - types of families, races and religions
* occurs in every economic class, race, and ethnic group
  - part of our society
* occurs in families of all races, economic, and social backgrounds
  - regardless of nationality, race or employment
  - many, many relationships where there are children present
* occurs in one in four families in Australia
  - out of five South Asian families, experts estimate
  - relationships of all races, religions, economic and social backgrounds
  - mostly in heterosexual, low income, and ethnic families
  - regardless of the age of the person or their socio-economic status
  - when a relationship is based on power and control
* occurs within all races, religions, age, income, and economic groups
  - every social strata and among every race, and it is serious
* painful problem within our communities.
* pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors
  - behavior used by one person to dominate or control another
* pattern of coercive control in an intimate relationship
  - control used by one person to exert power over another
* personal problem between a husband and a wife.
* personal, social and even a workplace concern.
* pervades all socio-economic classes.
* pervasive problem in society
  - treat to Black women s health
* plagues many African families
  - women and girls throughout the world
* plays an increasingly disruptive role in the workplace.
* private family matter
* problem at all income levels
  - facing many Korean families
* problem in every community
  - corner of the globe
  - of epidemic proportions in our communities
  - that cuts across economic, class and racial lines
* problem, even in Christian homes.
* public health problem
  - safety issue
* puts children at risk
  - directly and indirectly at risk for later violent behavior
* ranges from mildly abusive actions to severely violent, life threatening behavior
  - severely violent, life-threatening behavior
* ranks as one of the nation's most expensive health problems.
* refers to all crimes between family members
  - violence in intimate relationships
* repetitive pattern in people s lives.
* respects no class or culture, income or age groups.
* serious crime against the individual and the community
  - that often results in grave injury and even death
  - matter, and can lead to arrest and prosecution
  - national problem which affects millions of households
* serious problem in rural areas
* serious problem that affects people from all walks of life
  - crosses racial, economic and religious boundaries
  - has existed for centuries
* serious, long-standing problem in Peru, with particular impact on women.
* shatters the lives of thousands of Australian families.
* significant problem in California and throughout the country.
* social evil
  - issue affecting men, women and children
* societal problem with serious consequences.
* spills over into the workplace, too.
* stems from the abuse of power and control.
* takes a heavy toll on the victims, the family and the community
  - toll, both in numbers of victims and the cost of healthcare
  - number of forms
* taxpayer problem.
* tends to be repeated in successive generations
  - become more frequent and severe over time
* tends to get worse and more frequent over time
  - progress over time, increasing in frequency, severity and lethality
  - recur and increase in severity over time
* term that carries differentdefinitions in the medical literature.
* terrorizes children.
* threatens life and dignity, especially of women and children
  - to reach epidemic proportions in the United States
* thrives on the inequality of women.
* touches every segment of American society.
* transcends all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic boundaries
  - socio-economic, cultural and educational backgrounds
* truth in society that affects all people.
* two way street.
* type of domestic abuse that involves physical violence.
* vicious crime.
* violent confrontation that explodes in the home between family members
  - criminal breeding ground
* way of life for so many.
* whole community to stop domestic violence.
* woman's problem.
  - issue, but too many companies have yet to address it