Introduction
Domestic violence is one of the most alarming subjects on the United States legal and policymaking agendas. Legally, it is defined as any form of physical or psychological violence expressed by a partner in an intimate relationship towards other partner or a family member. Thus, although the scope of this definition is somewhat volatile across the different states, a common approach taken by the courts that the violence is ‘domestic’ if is directed against a family member, a spouse or cohabitant, or other person, who permanently reside with the assailant. The overwhelming majority of domestic violence cases has substantially ...
