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"Violence is NEVER right, even when someone you love is being violent"

Cut Out Violence

Domestic Violence is a pattern of abusive behavior or actions to control another person in an intimate relationship. The abuse can be physical, emotional, economic, or sexual in nature.

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and the Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance are dedicated to combating this problem and sending the message that domestic violence is never right, and will not be tolerated.
  What is Abuse?
 
"Physical"  
  • Slapping
  • Hitting
  • Choking
  • Kicking
  • Shaking
  • Throwing objects
  • Threats of violence
  • Physical restraint
   
"Emotional"  
  • Name Calling
  • Verbal attacks
  • Humiliation
  • Isolation
  • Demeaning Remarks
  • Destroying keepsakes
  • Harming pets
  • Extreme jealousy
  • Surveillance
   
"Sexual"  
  • Unwanted touching
  • Forcing sexual acts
  
   
"Economic"  
  • Refusing to share control & knowledge of money
  • Not allowing a partner to work
  
   
   
  If you are living with or dating someone who is violent, because danger can occur at any time , consider the following:
 
 

Get Help
 
  • Call the police or a domestic violence center.
 
  • Get a protective order.
 
  Plan Ahead
 
  • Practice an escape plan for you and your children.
 
  • Have clothes, cash and important papers in a hidden escape bag.
 
  • If confronted with violence avoid the kitchen, bathroom and rooms without doors to the outside.
 
 
 
If you are a victim of domestic violence, help is available.
Contact the Idaho 24-Hour Hotline at 1-800-669-3176.
 
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden & Idaho Council on Domestic Violence, Violence and Victim Assistance
 
 
NO ONE DESERVES TO BE ABUSED.