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Definition Cycle of Violence - Escalating cycles of violence and remorse in a romantic engagement, whereby the victim often goes to great lengths to placate the batterer who refuses to accept responsibility for his increasingly violent actions.

Application in Divorce Also called dating violence.

See Stalking; Batterer; Dating Violence.

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Threats of Violence and Abuse
Abusive men often convince woman that they have a beating "coming." This is nonsense; no one ever deserves to be beaten or abused, physically or emotionally. Many times women involved with abusive men go to heroic lengths to placate these individuals, whose outbursts of violence emanate from deep-seated personality problems, including a refusal to accept responsibility for his conduct.

Contributed on 6/27/2007 by: DivorceDex.com Staff
Category: Domestic Abuse (Applicable in All States)
Recognizing Possessive Behavior
People in romantic relationship -- dating and marriage -- do not own each other. Violent partners are often those who are possessive of the other person. Very often a violent or abusive man threatens a women with statements to the effect that "if I cannot have you, no one will." These are red flags no to be ignored.

Contributed on 6/27/2007 by: DivorceDex.com Staff
Category: Domestic Abuse (Applicable in All States)

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