Domestic Abuse and family abuse are not defined as clearly as we would like to think. Speaking recently to a local police force in Lancashire their view of Domestic Abuse can only occur between partners, ex partners or a child abusing a parent/carer but it is not child abuse. Some would domestic abuse is any type of abuse within the domestic/home setting. We have split the categories into a number of type of abuses.
- Abuse inflicted by one person against another can include:
- Abuse by a family member
- Abuse by a stranger or non relationship/family member
- Bullying
- Child Abuse
- Elder abuse
- Gang abuse
- Intimate relationship abuse
- Parental abuse
- Situational Couple Violence
- Teen abuse