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Family Violence: Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence
Studies show that violence tends to occur in predictable patterns starting with emotional violence, then escalating into severe physical assaults followed by a show of remorse. Women often stay in violent relationships for several reasons, as we se...
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Violence: Emotional and Physical
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, talks about the continuum of violence, from emotional to physical to sexual. Dr Heger notes that, in many cases, emotional violence as expressed throu...