Domestic abuse is any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coersive, threatening degrading and violent behaviour, including sexual violence, in the majority of cases by a partner or an ex partner, but also by family member or carer. In the vast majority of cases it is experienced by women and perpetrated by men. Men also experience domestic abuse.
Domestic abuse can include, but is not limited to, the following:
• Coercive control (a pattern of intimidation, degradation, isolation and control with the use or threat of physical or sexual violence)
• Psychological and/or emotional abuse [2].
• Physical or sexual abuse.
• Financial or economic abuse.
• Harassment and stalking.
• Online or digital abuse.
