Physical Violence

Any use of size, strength or presence to control or hurt someone else.  This can be further divided into three categories.
 

Physical Contact Between People  Such as:

• Pushing
• Slapping
• Hair Pulling
• Twisting Arms/fingers

Physical Use of Objects Such as:

• Throwing objects
• Breaking personal items.
• Driving reckless to scare.
• Punching walls.
• Use of Size or Presence

Other examples of physical include:

• Blocking doorway to prevent leaving.
• Standing behind car to prevent leaving.
• Unplugging phone so you can not call for help.

Emotional Violence

This includes threatening suicide, following you, asking you who you were with, threatening to harm self and not keeping a job.