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Domestic violence
is a crime. Under Illinois law domestic violence is defined as:
Any person who physically assaults (which includes
but is not limited to; hitting, choking, kicking, shoving, raping, destruction of personal property), threatens, harasses,
exploits, neglects, deprives, intimidates dependents, stalks, or interferes with the personal liberty of another family or
household member has broken Illinois Domestic Violence law.
Under Illinois law family or household members are defined as:
• family members related by blood;
• people who are married or used
to be married;
• people who share or used to share
a home, apartment, or other common dwelling;
• people who have or allegedly
have child in common or a blood relationship through a child in common;
• people who are dating or engaged
or used to date, including same sex couples; and
• people with disabilities and
their personal assistants.
One aspect of domestic violence is intimate
partner violence (IPV). IPV is defined as a pattern of behaviors utilized by one partner (the abuser or batterer) to
exert and maintain control over another person (the survivor or victim) where there exists an intimate, loving and dependent
relationship.
SOME TECHNIQUES OF POWER
AND CONTROL
Tools that are used by the batterer
to gain and maintain control are often highly individualized to the situation, relationship and people involved. However,
there are several common ways in which perpetrators of domestic violence abuse and contol their victims.These behaviors may
include combinations of one or more of the following:
Physical
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spitting, poking, shaking, grabbing, shoving,
pushing, throwing, hitting open and close handed, restraining, blocking escaping, choking, hitting with objects, beating,
kicking, using weapons, burning, controlling victim's access to health resources, etc.
Sexual
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persistently pressuring for sex, coercing
sex through a variety of tactics, forcing sex in front of others, forcing sex with children or third parties, physically forcing
of harming a victim sexually, etc.
Psychological
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violent acts against children or others
to control intimate partner, threats of violence against victims, others or self; intimidation through attacks against pets
or property, yelling, stalking; controlling a victims activities; isolating a victim; controlling a victim through immigration
status; controlling a victim's access to resources (health care, medications, automobile, friends schooling, jobs, childcare
etc.); emotional abuse; forcing a victim to do degrading things; controlling a victim's schedule, including health appointments,
etc.
Use of economics
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witholding funds, spending family funds,
making most financial decisions, not contributing finacially to the family, controlling a victim's access to health insurance,
etc.
Use of children to control an adult victim
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