Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

In various forms relationships, including:

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• within a marriage, common-law or dating relationship

• at any time during a relationship and even after it has ended

• whether or not partners live together or are sexually intimate with one another

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Forms of Abuse:

• Physical abuse - intentional or threatened use of physical force.

• Criminal harassment - fear for ones safety or safety of loved one.

• Sexual violence - threats and non-consensual sex. 

• Emotional / psychological abuse - insults, belittling, constant humiliation, intimidation, threats of harm etc.   

• Financial abuse - control or misuse of money, access to school or job.

• Coercive control - patterns of control and abuse that causes fear or terror.