Understanding Intimate Partner Violence: Fact Sheet 2014

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Violence Prevention.
• Description:
  Intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs between two people in a close relationship. The term “intimate partner” includes current and former spouses and dating partners. IPV exists along a continuum from a single episode of violence to ongoing battering.
  
  IPV includes four types of behavior:
  
  • Physical violence is when a person hurts or tries to hurt a partner by hitting, kicking, or using another type of physical force.
  
  • Sexual violence is forcing a partner to take part in a sex act when the partner does not consent.
  
  • Stalking is a pattern of repeated, unwanted attention and contact by a partner that causes fear or concern for one’s own safety or the safety of someone close to the victim.
  
  • Psychological aggression is the use of verbal and non-verbal communication with the intent to harm another person mentally or emotionally and/or exert control over another person.
  
  Several types of IPV may occur together.
  
  Date from document properties.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aggression Domestic Violence Interpersonal Relations Intimate Partner Violence Spouse Abuse Violence
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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