Types of Abusive Behavior

A person who abuses others may use one or more types of behavior to achieve domination.

Behavior	Type
destructive of furniture or possessions injury of pets	aggressive
withholding of money, car or health insurance refusal to pay bills sabotaging a person's attempts to work or go to school	controlling or coercive
uninvited visits, telephone calls or letters stalking embarrassment of victim in public	harassing
slapping, punching, kicking, pinching, biting, grabbing, choking, restraining or pulling hair sexual assault	destructive
oral, implicit or direct threats or criticism use of weapons throwing objects standing in doorway or cornering victim during arguments shouting, swearing driving recklessly	intimidating
restricting and tracking activities restricting and tracking telephone calls	isolating
threats to seek custody or kidnap children threats to kill victim or self	threatening

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