Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment
You Are Not Alone Domestic Violence 24HR Crisis Hotline: 313-861-5300
What is Domestic Violence?
Domestic violence is a pattern of assaulting and controlling behaviors that one person uses against another in order to gain or maintain power in a relationship.
Forms of abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional and psychological.
What is Sexual Assault?
Sexual assault occurs when a person is forced or coerced into sexual activity without consent or against their will. •
Domestic violence ranges from verbal threats
to assault with a lethal weapon.
• Women & children are the most frequent victims of domestic violence.
• Most victims of sexual assault are acquainted with the assailant.
. • Each year, nearly 1600 women & children are admitted to YWCA Interim House.