domestic violence * , DV (abbreviation) , also: domestic battery
spousal abuse

How many times were the police called for domestic violence?

They said he had no police record or history of domestic violence.

His parents have no known history of domestic violence, the police said.

Domestic violence sometimes does not get reported to the police.

I think the words domestic violence would be more to the point.

In summer 2000, she reported her husband to the police for domestic violence.

She stand out in a great campaign against domestic violence.

And domestic violence looks different to some black women even when the experience is the same.

They said the couple were not known to have a history of domestic violence.

For much of America's history, domestic violence was just another little problem at home.

The case has also brought the issue of domestic violence to public attention, she said.

And what if you come across a domestic violence situation where children are involved?

Domestic violence costs the state between 5-10 billion each year.

"What makes you think this has anything to do with domestic violence?"

The police said there was no history of domestic violence between the two.

The Sun had been running a campaign against domestic violence at the time.

He was married, his wife left him because of domestic violence.

We all know the rates of domestic violence are way up.

Soon after the couple married, the husband was found to have a domestic violence record.

Add the domestic violence history, and it seemed pretty clear.

Most were to be given to victims of domestic violence.

They brought up domestic violence, so we talked about it.

Domestic violence is a dangerous and difficult area of police work.

In his time, domestic violence was a leading cause of death.

I'm telling you, this is a case of spousal abuse!

This is also associated with a high occurrence of spousal abuse.

The defense will also try to minimize the episodes of spousal abuse.

Too often it had turned a deaf ear to spousal abuse.

Domestic violence against women, including spousal abuse, was tolerated and common.

Violence against women, including spousal abuse, was a problem.

There they are encouraged to read and talk with their children at home, discuss problems like spousal abuse or learn about more education for themselves.

Feminists have been raising concerns over spousal abuse here for several years.

She is not afraid to tackle difficult issues, and one of her books deals with spousal abuse.

Information about the rights of spouses and how to protect oneself from spousal abuse.

However, in cases of spousal abuse, women must report the crime themselves in order for the police to act.

Thomas had a history of violence, including spousal abuse.

This was not such a good thing, so far as spousal abuse was concerned.

Spousal abuse is not justified under any Korean traditional ethics.

Next we may be asked to protect those seeking protection against forced marriage or spousal abuse.

Jessica feared spousal abuse, so she stayed to keep peace in the family.

Well, let's just say rumors of spousal abuse can be greatly exaggerated.

Two years later, he pleaded guilty in a separate incident to spousal abuse.

Mr. Simpson's history of spousal abuse did not matter, she said.

There had been a rise in spousal abuse and child abuse.

The woman claims spousal abuse to exonerate herself and strike a deal.

The majority of men who commit spousal abuse agree that their behavior was inappropriate.

But surely refugee laws were not designed to solve every case of spousal abuse.

One is spousal abuse, an ugliness that has not spared baseball's family.

We,re talking about a textbook case of spousal abuse.