Dating Violence/Domestic Violence and Stalking
Dating/domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviors used to exert power and control over a partner. Dating/domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure or wound someone. Stalking is a pattern of behavior that makes you feel afraid, nervous, harassed or in danger. It is when someone repeatedly contacts you, follows you, sends you things, talks to you when you don’t want them to or threatens you. In addition to violating this zero tolerance policy, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking are crimes.