Domestic violence is a crime.
Domestic violence is a pattern of controlling behaviors that may include physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. The violence can cause severe physical and emotional harm to adults and children. If your spouse, life partner, boyfriend, girlfriend, family member, someone you have a child with, or someone you have lived with attacks you in any unwanted way, you are involved in domestic violence.
Some examples are:
Kicks, pushes, hits, slaps, or other types of physical attacks
Curses, yells, or calls you names
Threatens to kill you, someone you love, or a pet
Forces you to have sex
Threatens your job security
Threatens to report you to the police
Threatens to have you deported
Threatens to take your children
Not allowing you to see friends or family
Not allowing you to take birth control
Not allowing you to get medical help or social services
Controls all or most of the money
Possessive or extremely jealous
Misrepresents you to important persons in your life
DANGER ASSESSMENT - Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Ph.D., R.N. Copyright 1985, 1988, 2001
Please use this one-page survey to discuss with your physician, nurse, advocate or counselor about what the Danger Assessment means in terms of your situation Please be careful where you put any of the documents you print from this and any web-page. Abusive individuals can become even more abusive and angry when they learn that you are taking steps to protect yourself or better your situation.
Danger Assessment in Microsoft Word - 1 page
IF YOU ARE IN IMMEDIATE PHYSICAL DANGER: CALL 911
24 HOUR HELPLINES -
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: CALL 216-391-HELP (4357)
UNITED WAY FIRST CALL FOR HELP: CALL 211