Opinion

Guest Column: What is domestic violence? What is domestic abuse?

Editor’s Note: This is part two in a four-part series about domestic violence.

By Teresia Rose-Reed
Special to the Herald Times
RBC | Domestic Violence can be difficult to define. Generally, the statute is as follows: Domestic violence (also named domestic abuse, battering, or family violence) is a pattern of behavior which involves violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation. Spousal abuse is…