Define partner abuse

What will be an ideal response?


There is no clear single definition of partner abuse. Different authorities include different acts within their definition, and some authorities have established levels of partner abuse. They categorize partner abuse into two forms of violence. The lesser forms include yelling and throwing things and the more severe include striking and hitting.

Criminal Justice

You might also like to view...

What is a Police–Community Relations (PCR)?

What will be an ideal response?

Criminal Justice

In what decision did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that a defendant in a nonfelony case is guaranteed the right to legal counsel, paid by the state if necessary, only in cases that actually lead to imprisonment, not in all cases in which imprisonment is a potential penalty?

A. Faretta v. California B. Strickland v. Washington C. Scott v. Illinois D. Gideon v. Wainwright

Criminal Justice

Witnesses who are “put under the rule” __________________

a. are not permitted to testify at trial b. must remain outside the courtroom except when testifying c. are those who have been found in contempt d. are exempt from testifying because of “privileges”

Criminal Justice

Arrests for drug abuse violations have been:

a. increasing steadily since the early 1990s. b. decreasing steadily since the early 1990s. c. the same since the early 1990s. d. None of these choices.

Criminal Justice