DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

What is Domestic Violence?

Domestic Violence or intimate partner violence is defined as a pattern of physical, sexual, and/or psychological abuse which is meant to control another person.

Most often the people are intimate partners, but they may also be roommates, a boyfriend or girlfriend, an adult child who lives with his/her parents, or a parent who is abused by his/her adult children.

CAPSA is the state and federally recognized domestic violence specialist serving Cache and Rich Counties. If you or someone you know has experienced or been impacted by domestic violence, please call CAPSA at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a caseworker and learn about options and resources available to help you.

Types of Abuse

PHYSICAL ABUSE

Physical Abuse

Physical abuse includes, but is not limited to:

Hitting, punching or kicking
Biting
Pulling hair
Chocking or Strangling
Restraining
Throwing objects
Using a weapon against another person

This abuse may cause injuries that can range from bruises and broken bones to permanent disabilities and even death. It does not include self-defense against the aggressive behavior of another individual.

If you or someone you know has experienced or been impacted by physical abuse, please call CAPSA at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a caseworker and learn about options and resources available to help you.

SEXUAL ABUSE, RAPE, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

Sexual Abuse, Rape, and Sexual Assault

Sexual abuse, rape, and sexual assault, are very common in domestic violence and intimate partner relationships. Sexual abuse can include:

Forced sexual acts
Rape
Unwanted use of pornography
Unwanted photographing or videotaping of sexual acts
Forced sexual interaction with others

Sexual violence is often used in conjunction with physical violence and always includes emotional abuse, like coercion and threats.

If you or someone you know has experienced or been impacted by sexual violence, call CAPSA at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a caseworker and learn about options and resources available to help you.

EMOTIONAL/VERBAL ABUSE

Emotional/Verbal Abuse

Emotional abuse is a very traumatic form of abuse as it causes deep emotional scars. Emotional abuse is cruel and degrading, and can include such behaviors as:

Name calling
Public humiliation
Continuous criticism or insults
Trivializing someone’s gender
Trivializing someone’s activities/interests
Ordering
Isolation
Controlling behaviors
Belittlement
Withholding affection
“Silent treatment” or ignoring
Lying to or about

If you or someone you know has experienced or been impacted by emotional or verbal abuse, call CAPSA at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a caseworker and learn about options and resources available to help you.

PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE

Psychological Abuse

Psychological abuse is intended to cause fear, terror, and confusion. Many people who have experienced psychological abuse have described it as “making me crazy” with things such as mind games and constantly redefining reality. Some examples of psychological abuse may include:

Changing his/her description of events
Continually changing the “rules”
Wild and unpredictable mood swings
Threats to:
- Kill you or themselves
- Take the children
- Ruin your financially
- Have you deported
- Report you to law enforcement or child protective services
Stalking
Pet abuse

If you or someone you know has experienced or been impacted by psychological abuse, please call CAPSA at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a caseworker and learn about options and resources available to help you.

STALKING

Stalking

Stalking is a form of psychological abuse that goes beyond simply “following someone around.” Many stalkers will go to great lengths to track exactly where someone is, who she/he is seeing, and what she/he is doing. Stalkers are often proficient in advanced technology, and they use this to track or videotape their victims, listen to telephone conversations, and/or hack into someone’s computer to see what websites have been visited, e-mails have been sent, and any other activity that is taking place on that computer.

Stalking may also occur in cases of domestic violence, when a person is stalked by his/her abuser. People who are stalked by a current or former intimate partner are at increased risk of being killed by that person. According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, 76% of women killed by an intimate partner were stalked by the partner before they were killed.

If you think you or someone you know has experienced or been impacted by stalking, please call CAPSA at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a caseworker and learn about options and resources available to help you.

NEGLECT

Neglect

Neglect is generally associated with children, but neglect can also happen with adults. Usually when there is neglect of an adult, it is an elderly or vulnerable adult who does not have the capacity to provide for his/her own needs, but it can also affect adults who are not vulnerable or elderly. Neglect can include some behaviors such as:

Withholding food
Withholding medication, medical equipment, or medical treatments
Lack of proper hygiene assistance
Leaving an elderly or vulnerable adult alone for extended periods of time
Abandoning an elderly or vulnerable adult altogether
Administering much larger doses of medication than are required
Leaving someone for an extended period of time without food, water, suitable means of transportation, etc.

These forms of neglect can cause physical and emotional trauma to the victim, and can eventually lead to death in severe cases.
If you or someone you know has experienced or been impacted by neglect, please call CAPSA at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a caseworker and learn about options and resources available to help you.

FINANCIAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION

Financial Abuse & Exploitation

Financial abuse is a common method an abusive individual might use to make it more difficult for a person to be independent, which leaves the person with no choice but to stay in a relationship. Financial abuse and exploitation can take many forms, but the most common ones include:

Taking control of a person’s income
Not allowing a spouse or partner to have a job
Purposely destroying a person’s credit
Denying access to household funds

Financial exploitation goes beyond financial abuse because it involves not only taking control of another ‘s finances, but doing so by using a position of trust from an elder or vulnerable adult to gain access to and control over that person’s money and/or assets.

If you or someone you know has experienced or been impacted by financial abuse or exploitation, please call CAPSA at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a caseworker and learn about options and resources available to help you.

Cycle of Abuse

Many abusive relationships go through similar phases which repeat over and over again known as the Cycle of Abuse. These cycles include:

Tension Building
Acute Violence (Acting Out)
Reconciliation
Honeymoon (Calm)

Please call CAPSA anytime at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a trained advocate. Call 911 if you are in immediate danger.

Call CAPSA at (435) 753-2500

If you are experiencing domestic violence, we believe you and are here to help.

CAPSA Services

CAPSA can help you if you feel unsafe in your relationship or struggling to heal from abuse – the abuse could be current or happen when you were a child. Abuse manifests itself in many ways, including physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially, and sexually. CAPSA can help no matter the type of abuse or when it happened.

CAPSA provides personalized services to help you and your children safely and permanently escape abuse. All services are FREE and confidential.

Please call CAPSA anytime at (435) 753-2500 to speak with a trained advocate. Call 911 if you are in immediate danger.

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