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Hotline:
(954) 761-1133
Click here for
Domestic/Dating Violence Brochure
Domestic/Dating Violence can take different forms,
but its goal is always the same: batterers want total power and control
over their partners. They do this by regularly abusing them physically,
emotionally, and psychologically. Abusers are very much in control:
they hit when they want to and stop when they are ready.
- Physical Abuse:
Slapping, kicking, pushing
Hitting, choking, punching
- Verbal Abuse:
Constant criticism, name calling, shouting
making humiliating remarks, mocking
- Isolation:
Not allowing the victim to see friends and relatives
Monitoring phone calls
Controlling where the victim goes
Taking victim's keys, locking the victim out
of the home
- Harrassment/Coercion/Intimidation/Threats
Making the victim feel guilty
Pushing the victim into decisions
Manipulating victim and other family members
Always insisting on being right
Making up impossible "rules" and punishing the
victim for breaking them
Threatening to harm the victim, children, family
members and pets
Using physical size to intimidate
Keeping weapons and threatening to use them
Following or stalking
Humiliating the victim in public
Constantly checking up on the victim's whereabouts
Extreme Jealousy and possessiveness
- Economic Control
Not paying bills, refusing to give money
To
visit us in person:
Hollywood Police Department
Criminal Investigations Division
3250 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, FL 33021
To reach by telephone:
Phone #: (954) 967-4411
Fax #: (954)
967-4410
For additional information, visit the
Women In
Distress Web Site. Women in Distress is an organization that
assists all victims of Domestic Violence, whether the victim is female
or male.
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