5 Types of Domestic Abuse

5 Types of Domestic Abuse

Physical or sexual violence may be the first thing you think of when you hear the term “domestic
abuse.” While those certainly are tragically common forms of domestic abuse, they are not the
only actions that an abuser may inflict on a victim.

Domestic abuse is often broken into five categories. These types of abuse are described below. If
you have suffered any of these forms of abuse, you may be one of the many victims of domestic
abuse. Call a Raleigh domestic violence lawyer at Charles R. Ullman & Associates for more
information on how we might be able to assist you.
1. Physical Abuse

This form of abuse includes any form of physical contact that is intended to cause physical injury
– even a very minor injury. Examples of physical abuse include slapping, punching, kicking,
shoving, biting, burning, stabbing, choking, hair-pulling, hitting, pinching, grabbing, shaking,
shooting, forced drug or alcohol consumption, restraining or assault with a weapon.

2. Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse includes any form of unwanted sexual contact or sexual conduct. Some examples
of sexual abuse include rape (including marital rape and acquaintance rape), sexual assault,
fondling, forced prostitution, sexual harassment, physical violence to sexual organs, forced sex
with others, forced use or disuse of contraception, forced abortion, sexual humiliation and
accusations of infidelity.

3. Psychological Abuse
This type of abuse consists of any ongoing actions meant to instill fear, control or intimidation.
Psychological abuse may take the form of controlling when the victim can leave the house and
who the victim can see, requiring “permission” to talk to others, blackmail, threatening harm to
self or others, destruction of the victim’s property, abuse of the victim’s pets, threatening to harm
the children or take them away, “mind games,” stalking, forced accompaniment, frequently
checking up on the victim, taking the car keys, taking away access to a phone, and similar
actions.

4. Emotional Abuse
Efforts to destroy a victim’s self-worth may be considered emotional abuse. This may include, for
example, constant insults, frequent humiliation, repeated criticism, belittling, name-calling,
inducing guilt, giving the “silent treatment,” making and breaking promises, damaging the victim’s
relationship with the children, treating the victim like a servant and mocking.

5. Financial Abuse
Also called “economic abuse,” this category generally deals with abusive handling of money
issues. For example, preventing the victim from getting an education or working outside the
home, forcing the victim to work, controlling the couple’s bank accounts, withholding money,
controlling spending or requiring justification for purchases, on-the-job harassment, withholding
information about the couple’s debt and forced welfare fraud.
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WEAVE – Types of Domestic Violence

Stop Violence Against Women – Forms of Domestic Violence

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