{"id":573,"date":"2016-11-05T21:17:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T21:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-monroecc-hed110\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=573"},"modified":"2016-11-05T21:52:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T21:52:47","slug":"573","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/chapter\/573\/","title":{"raw":"Intimate Partner Violence","rendered":"Intimate Partner Violence"},"content":{"raw":"<section id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system clearfix\"><img class=\"fancy-border-right alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/images\/ipv\/couple2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans. The term \"intimate partner violence\" describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse. This type of violence can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples and does not require sexual intimacy.<\/section><section class=\"block block-system clearfix\"><\/section><section class=\"block block-system clearfix\">The goal is to stop IPV before it begins. There is a lot to learn about how to prevent IPV. We do know that strategies that promote healthy behaviors in relationships are important. Programs that teach young people skills for dating can prevent violence. These programs can stop violence in dating relationships before it occurs.IPV can vary in frequency and severity. It occurs on a continuum, ranging from one episode that might or might not have lasting impact to chronic and severe episodes over a period of years.There are four main types of IPV<sup>:<\/sup>\r\n<ul type=\"disc\">\r\n \t<li><strong>Physical violence<\/strong> is the intentional use of physical force with the potential for causing death, disability, injury, or harm. Physical violence includes, but is not limited to, scratching; pushing; shoving; throwing; grabbing; biting; choking; shaking; aggressive hair pulling; slapping; punching; hitting; burning; use of a weapon; and use of restraints or one's body, size, or strength against another person.\u00a0 Physical violence also includes coercing other people to commit any of the above acts.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Sexual violence<\/strong> is divided into five categories.\u00a0 Any of these acts constitute sexual violence, whether attempted or completed.\u00a0 Additionally all of these acts occur without the victim\u2019s freely given consent, including cases in which the victim is unable to consent due to being too intoxicated (e.g., incapacitation, lack of consciousness, or lack of awareness) through their voluntary or involuntary use of alcohol or drugs.\r\n<ul type=\"circle\">\r\n \t<li><strong>Rape or penetration of victim \u2013<\/strong> This includes completed or attempted, forced or alcohol\/drug-facilitated unwanted vaginal, oral, or anal insertion.\u00a0 Forced penetration occurs through the perpetrator\u2019s use of physical force against the victim or threats to physically harm the victim.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Victim was made to penetrate someone else \u2013<\/strong> This includes completed or attempted, forced or alcohol\/drug-facilitated incidents when the victim was made to sexually penetrate a perpetrator or someone else without the victim\u2019s consent.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Non-physically pressured unwanted penetration \u2013<\/strong> This includes incidents in which the victim was pressured verbally or through intimidation or misuse of authority to consent or acquiesce to being penetrated.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Unwanted sexual contact \u2013<\/strong> This includes intentional touching of the victim or making the victim touch the perpetrator, either directly or through the clothing, on the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks without the victim\u2019s consent<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Non-contact unwanted sexual experiences \u2013<\/strong> This includes unwanted sexual events that are not of a physical nature that occur without the victim\u2019s consent.\u00a0 Examples include unwanted exposure to sexual situations (e.g., pornography); verbal or behavioral sexual harassment; threats of sexual violence to accomplish some other end; and \/or unwanted filming, taking or disseminating photographs of a sexual nature of another person.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Stalking<\/strong> is a pattern of repeated, unwanted, attention and contact that causes fear or concern for one\u2019s own safety or the safety of someone else (e.g., family member or friend).\u00a0 Some examples include repeated, unwanted phone calls, emails, or texts; leaving cards, letters, flowers, or other items when the victim does not want them; watching or following from a distance; spying; approaching or showing up in places when the victim does not want to see them; sneaking into the victim\u2019s home or car; damaging the victim\u2019s personal property; harming or threatening the victim\u2019s pet; and making threats to physically harm the victim.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Psychological Aggression<\/strong> is the use of verbal and non-verbal communication with the intent to harm another person mentally or emotionally, and\/or to exert control over another person.\u00a0 Psychological aggression can include expressive aggression (e.g., name-calling, humiliating); coercive control (e.g., limiting access to transportation, money, friends, and family; excessive monitoring of whereabouts); threats of physical or sexual violence; control of reproductive or sexual health (e.g., refusal to use birth control; coerced pregnancy termination); exploitation of victim\u2019s vulnerability (e.g., immigration status, disability); exploitation of perpetrator\u2019s vulnerability; and presenting false information to the victim with the intent of making them doubt their own memory or perception (e.g., mind games).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>","rendered":"<section id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fancy-border-right alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/images\/ipv\/couple2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans. The term &#8220;intimate partner violence&#8221; describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse. This type of violence can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples and does not require sexual intimacy.<\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-system clearfix\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"block block-system clearfix\">The goal is to stop IPV before it begins. There is a lot to learn about how to prevent IPV. We do know that strategies that promote healthy behaviors in relationships are important. Programs that teach young people skills for dating can prevent violence. These programs can stop violence in dating relationships before it occurs.IPV can vary in frequency and severity. It occurs on a continuum, ranging from one episode that might or might not have lasting impact to chronic and severe episodes over a period of years.There are four main types of IPV<sup>:<\/sup><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Physical violence<\/strong> is the intentional use of physical force with the potential for causing death, disability, injury, or harm. Physical violence includes, but is not limited to, scratching; pushing; shoving; throwing; grabbing; biting; choking; shaking; aggressive hair pulling; slapping; punching; hitting; burning; use of a weapon; and use of restraints or one&#8217;s body, size, or strength against another person.\u00a0 Physical violence also includes coercing other people to commit any of the above acts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sexual violence<\/strong> is divided into five categories.\u00a0 Any of these acts constitute sexual violence, whether attempted or completed.\u00a0 Additionally all of these acts occur without the victim\u2019s freely given consent, including cases in which the victim is unable to consent due to being too intoxicated (e.g., incapacitation, lack of consciousness, or lack of awareness) through their voluntary or involuntary use of alcohol or drugs.\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li><strong>Rape or penetration of victim \u2013<\/strong> This includes completed or attempted, forced or alcohol\/drug-facilitated unwanted vaginal, oral, or anal insertion.\u00a0 Forced penetration occurs through the perpetrator\u2019s use of physical force against the victim or threats to physically harm the victim.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Victim was made to penetrate someone else \u2013<\/strong> This includes completed or attempted, forced or alcohol\/drug-facilitated incidents when the victim was made to sexually penetrate a perpetrator or someone else without the victim\u2019s consent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Non-physically pressured unwanted penetration \u2013<\/strong> This includes incidents in which the victim was pressured verbally or through intimidation or misuse of authority to consent or acquiesce to being penetrated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unwanted sexual contact \u2013<\/strong> This includes intentional touching of the victim or making the victim touch the perpetrator, either directly or through the clothing, on the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks without the victim\u2019s consent<\/li>\n<li><strong>Non-contact unwanted sexual experiences \u2013<\/strong> This includes unwanted sexual events that are not of a physical nature that occur without the victim\u2019s consent.\u00a0 Examples include unwanted exposure to sexual situations (e.g., pornography); verbal or behavioral sexual harassment; threats of sexual violence to accomplish some other end; and \/or unwanted filming, taking or disseminating photographs of a sexual nature of another person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stalking<\/strong> is a pattern of repeated, unwanted, attention and contact that causes fear or concern for one\u2019s own safety or the safety of someone else (e.g., family member or friend).\u00a0 Some examples include repeated, unwanted phone calls, emails, or texts; leaving cards, letters, flowers, or other items when the victim does not want them; watching or following from a distance; spying; approaching or showing up in places when the victim does not want to see them; sneaking into the victim\u2019s home or car; damaging the victim\u2019s personal property; harming or threatening the victim\u2019s pet; and making threats to physically harm the victim.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Psychological Aggression<\/strong> is the use of verbal and non-verbal communication with the intent to harm another person mentally or emotionally, and\/or to exert control over another person.\u00a0 Psychological aggression can include expressive aggression (e.g., name-calling, humiliating); coercive control (e.g., limiting access to transportation, money, friends, and family; excessive monitoring of whereabouts); threats of physical or sexual violence; control of reproductive or sexual health (e.g., refusal to use birth control; coerced pregnancy termination); exploitation of victim\u2019s vulnerability (e.g., immigration status, disability); exploitation of perpetrator\u2019s vulnerability; and presenting false information to the victim with the intent of making them doubt their own memory or perception (e.g., mind games).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-573\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Public domain content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Intimate Parnter Violence. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/intimatepartnerviolence\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/intimatepartnerviolence\/index.html<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":375,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"pd\",\"description\":\"Intimate Parnter Violence\",\"author\":\"National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention\",\"organization\":\"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/intimatepartnerviolence\/index.html\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"pd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-573","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":260,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/375"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/573\/revisions\/586"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/260"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/573\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}