Domestic Violence

About Domestic Violence

Domestic violence and emotional abuse are defined as behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other. Domestic violence does not discriminate and can happen at any time during a relationship. Domestic violence can happen in heterosexual and homosexual relationships. It crosses all ethnic, social, and economic levels. Domestic abuse comes in many different forms including:

• Emotional
• Financial
• Physical
• Psychological
• Sexual
• Verbal

In Utah, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men (PDF) have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. Visit the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition (UDVC) website for more information.