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The law continues to treat intimate partner violence like a bar fight – considering only what happened in a given violent incident. But domestic violence isn't about just physical violence.
Domestic violence isn t about just physical violence - and state laws are beginning to recognize that
Lisa Aronson Fontes, University of Massachusetts Amherst
May 12, 2021
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(THE CONVERSATION) Three or more U.S. women are murdered every day by their current or former intimate partner.
That may in part be due to a failure of state laws to capture the full range of behavior that constitutes domestic abuse. The law continues to treat intimate partner violence like a bar fight – considering only what happened in a given incident and not all the prior abuse history, such as intimidation and entrapment.