Tajah Wade's List: Abuse Crimes

• Physical Violence - This mean intentionally using physical force to harm, injury, disable or kill. It can involve using a weapon or restrains or merely using body, size or strength to harm another person. Physical violence can include:
• Sexual Violence - Sexual abuse not only includes forcing someone to have sex, but it can also include having sex with someone who is unable to refuse due to disability, illness, intimidation or the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
• • Using physical force to compel someone to have sex against their will, whether the act is completed or not.

      

  • Attempting or having sex with someone who is unable to understand the nature of the act or unable to decline participation or is unable to communicate their unwillingness.

      

  • Abusive sexual contact of any kind.
• Threats of Violence - The use of words, gestures, motions, looks or weapons to communicate a threat to harm, injure, disable, rape or kill them. The act does not have to be carried out for it to be abusive behavior.
• Psychological and Emotional Abuse - Using acts, threats of acts or coercive tactics to cause someone emotional trauma. If there has been previous physical or sexual abuse in the relationship, any further threat of abuse is considered psychological or emotion violence.
• • Humiliation
     
  • Controlling what the victim can and cannot do.
     
  • Withholding information.
     
  • Diminishing or embarrassing the victim.
     
  • Isolating the victim from friends and family.
     
  • Denying the victim access to money or other resources.

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