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Spousal Abuse

Spousal abuse is the term applied to the specific form of domestic violence, where physical or sexual abuse is perpetuated by one spouse upon another. The term was coined in the late 1970s when such crimes in marriage were given wider attention in society. There are separate legalities and punishments applied to such a crime as opposed to random assault or assaults of another nature.

Most reported cases of spousal abuse involve violence by men against women. However, there are a significant minority of cases involving violence by women against men, violence by same-sex partners or where both parties act out violently against one another. Men tend not to report spousal abuse at the same rate as women; partly because they diminish the impact themselves and partly because society, media, police and courts also tend to diminish its impact.

 

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Ranters Husband Says YouTube Postings Spousal Abuse Peoples Daily
A Broadway producer is suing his British actress wife for divorce on the grounds that videos she posted on YouTube about their failed, high society marriage constitute spousal abuse. Philip Smith, 76, president of the Shubert Organiz

Man Gets 21/2 Years For Assault Vancouver Sun
NEW WESTMINSTER I Police said Wednesday they were pleased by a provincial court judges decision to sentence a 42 year old man to 21/2 years in federal prison for spousal assault.

Seychelles: Problems In Paradise AllAfrica.com
Annette is a small, lively woman in her early sixties. Married to an abusive husband who once threw boiling water on her, landing her in hospital she was not repeating the story with her alcoholic and drug addicted son.

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ExNBA Star Pleads NoContest To Spousal Abuse Charge In SoCal NBC 11 Bay Area
Ex NBA forward Dennis Rodman pleads no contest to a spousal abuse charge.

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