Types of abuse

• Emotional  involves nonphysical behaviour that belittles another person and can include insults, put down, verbal threats or other tactics that make the victim feel threatened, inferior, ashamed or degraded.
• Financial a perpetrator using or misusing money which limits and controls their partner’s current and future actions and their freedom of choice. It can include using credit cards without permission, withholding or controlling their money, putting contractual obligations in their partner’s name, and gambling with family assets.
• Physical   is when someone hurts or harms another person or child on purpose. It includes: hitting with hands or objects. slapping and punching.
• Psychological sometimes referred to as verbal or emotional abuse, involves the intentional infliction of mental anguish or the provocation of fear of violence or isolation to another person.
• Sexual  is sexual behaviour or a sexual act forced upon a woman, man or child without their consent. Sexual abuse includes abuse of a woman, man or child by a man, woman or child. Sexual abuse is an act of violence which the attacker uses against someone they perceive as weaker than them. It does not come from an uncontrollable sex drive, but is a crime committed deliberately with the goal of controlling and humiliating the victim.