Office on Violence Against Women - Domestic Violence Website

1 hour

Publication Date: 2021

The term “domestic violence” includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction.

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VAWA Crime(s):

Domestic Violence

Role(s):

Call Centers/Dispatch Chief/Sheriff/Executive Fire/Emergency Medical Services First Line Supervisor Investigator/Detective Prosecutor Special Victims Unit