Editing Abuse (section)

==={{Anchor|Domestic abuse or domestic violence}} Domestic abuse or domestic violence===
{{Main|Domestic violence}}
{{See also|Category:Domestic violence|Christianity and domestic violence|Common couple violence|Domestic violence and pregnancy|Effects of domestic violence on children|Epidemiology of domestic violence|Islam and domestic violence}}
Domestic abuse can be broadly defined as any form of abusive behaviours by one or both partners in an [[intimate relationship]], such as marriage, cohabitation, family, dating, or even friends.
Domestic violence has many forms, including:
* physical aggression (hitting, kicking, biting, shoving, restraining, throwing objects), or threats thereof
* [[sexual abuse]]
* [[Psychological abuse|emotional abuse]]
* financial abuse (withholding money or controlling all money, including that of other family members)
* social abuse (restricting access to friends or family, insulting or threatening friends or family), controlling or domineering
* [[intimidation]]
* [[stalking]]
* passive/covert abuse<ref name="auto16">{{cite web |author =Cathy Meyer |url=http://divorcesupport.about.com/od/abusiverelationships/a/Pass_Agg.htm |title=Passive Aggressive Behavior, a Form of Covert Abuse |publisher=Divorcesupport.about.com |date=19 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213212518/http://divorcesupport.about.com/od/abusiverelationships/a/Pass_Agg.htm |archive-date=13 February 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto60">{{cite web |url=http://www.damnviolence.com/abuse-and-violence/ |title=Damm Violence |publisher=Damnviolence.com |access-date=24 January 2010 |archive-date=17 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617185752/http://www.damnviolence.com/abuse-and-violence/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> (e.g., [[neglect]])
* [[#Economic abuse|economic deprivation]]
Depending on local statues, the domestic violence may or may not constitute a crime, also depending on the severity and duration of specific acts, and other variables. Alcohol consumption<ref name="Markz">{{cite journal |last=Markowitz |first=Sara |title=The Price of Alcohol, Wife Abuse, and Husband Abuse |journal=Southern Economic Journal |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=279–303 |date=October 2000 |jstor=1061471 |doi=10.2307/1061471|url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w6916.pdf }}</ref> and [[mental illness]]<ref name="auto38">{{cite journal |author =Dutton, Donald G. |year=1994 |title=Patriarchy and Wife Assault: The Ecological Fallacy |journal=Violence and Victims |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=125–140 |url=http://www.familytx.org/research/articles/Dutton-ecofallicy.html |access-date=8 December 2013|doi=10.1891/0886-6708.9.2.167 |pmid=7696196 |s2cid=35155731 |url-access=subscription }} {{link note|note=the URL listed isn't the original source, but a reprint}}</ref> have frequently been associated with abuse.