Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault affect millions each year.
If you have been hurt by your partner or if you have been
sexually assaulted, you are not alone. Help is available.
Whether you are trying to get out of a violent relationship or cope with previous physical or sexual abuse,
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Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence is any type of violence, abuse, or threat of violence that one partner in a relationship commits against another. It includes physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, and verbal abuse.

Domestic Violence involves a continuum of behaviors. Examples include:  punches, kicks, slaps, hits, shoves, forcing partner to perform degrading tasks, using degrading remarks, sexual assault, rape, and any other tactics used to establish power and control over a partner. Domestic Violence can occur in any relationship, married or unmarried, homosexual or heterosexual.

Sexual Assault

Sexual Assault is any sexual contact or sexual attention committed by force, threats, bribes, manipulation, pressure, tricks, or violence.

It includes rape and attempted rape, child molestation, incest, and sexual harassment. Sexual Assault is a terrifying and often brutal crime. Assailants can be strangers, acquaintances, friends, dates, or family members (including spouses).

If 156 rapes were reported in this nine county area of West Alabama and national studies would support that only 1 in 10 rapes are reported, it could be derived that as many as 1,404 additional rapes may have occurred that were not reported.