Raising awareness on
Domestic and Interpersonal Violence
Domestic violence is a part of interpersonal violence (IPV), and refers to abuse or aggression in a romantic relationship.
RESOURCES
Domestic & Interpersonal Violence Prevention
Campus Wide Best Practices
Educate
Teach safe and healthy relationship skills and the importance of all relationships whether they be intimate, peer, or roommate relationships.
Support
Support survivors to increase safety and lessen harm
Establish Safety
Create protective environments
Engage
Engage adults and peers
AZIHE
Domestic Violence Statistics
Nation Statistic
Over 61 million women and 53 million men have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
State Statistic
A 2017 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that almost 40% of people in Arizona had been subject to domestic abuse.
ACCESSIBLITY
Defining Common Domestic Violence Terms
Physical abuse
Hitting, slapping, shoving, grabbing are types of physical abuse. This type of abuse also includes denying partner medical attention or forcing alcohol and/or drug use upon him or her.
Sexual abuse
Coercing or attempting to coerce any sexual contact or behavior without consent.
Psychological abuse
Elements of psychological abuse include but are not limited to causing fear by intimidation, threatening physical harm to self, partner, children, or others, destruction of property, and forcing isolation.
Emotional abuse
Undermining an individual’s sense of self-worth and/or self-esteem is abuse. This may include name-calling, constant criticism, or diminishing one’s abilities.
Economic abuse
Controlling or restraining a person’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain economic resources to which they are entitled.
Technological abuse
An act or pattern of behaviors that is intended to harm, threaten, control, stalk, harass, impersonate, exploit, extort, or monitor another person that occurs using any form of technology.
A 2017 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that almost 40% of people in Arizona had been subject to domestic abuse.
Arizona
State Statutes For Sexual Violence
13-3601.
Domestic violence; definition; classification; sentencing option; arrest and procedure for violation; weapon seizure
13-3602.
Order of protection; procedure; contents; arrest for violation; penalty; protection order from another jurisdiction; definition
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