Domestic violence kills. Three women die each and every day at the hands of their intimate partner according to the National Institute of Justice and the Centers of disease control and prevention. It’s a shocking statistic and one that military members aren’t immune to.
Domestic violence or interpersonal violence is a pattern of behavior resulting in emotional or psychological abuse, economic control and/or interference with personal liberty, according to Shirley Crow, the Domestic Abuse Victim Advocate located at Peterson Air Force Base. The behaviors may be directed toward a person who is a current spouse or former spouse, a person with whom the abuser shares a child in common, a current or former intimate partner with whom the abuser shares or has shared a common domicile.
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