What is Domestic Violence?

Domestic Violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another.

Domestic Violence can be...

Hitting, kicking, choking, pushing, grabbing, throwing objects, harming pets, reckless driving, preventing you from leaving, taking your phone, preventing you from calling 911, spitting on you, using or threatening with weapons.

If you feel like you’re in an abusive relationship
Call our Helpline 815.338.8081

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