Domestic violence can include physical abuse, such as hitting; verbal abuse, such as threats, insults or interrogations; sexual coercion; kidnapping or imprisonment, such as forcing someone to get into or stay in a car; and harassment or stalking, such as repeated, unwanted phone calls, e-mails or visits. Such actions may be considered civil violations or they may constitute crimes regardless of the relationship between a perpetrator and a victim, but they often are handled as a special category of crime when they occur between family members or romantic partners. These situations are categorized differently because violence in these types of close relationships has a tendency to be repeated and escalate, putting victims at greater risk. Domestic violence law makes these orders available to help victim's stay safe by prohibiting an abuser from contacting a victim, ordering the abuser to attend counseling, prohibiting an abuser from buying a gun, or forcing an abuser to move out of a home shared with a victim, among other possible provisions.
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