DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TACTICS

Eight brochures illustrating a tactic used by an abuser from the Power and Control Wheel. They are used to raise awareness on how intimidation, isolation, using children, emotional abuse, or economic abuse appear in a violent relationship.

EQUALITY

Each DV Tactic brochure has a corresponding Equality brochure. These brochures illustrate the opposite behavior in a healthy relationship such as respect, trust and support, responsible parenting, honesty, and accountability.

MSH-TA also offers three brochures to help inform and educate people about domestic violence.

“Domestic Violence” and “Abusive Relationships” gives facts about battering for women.

“Respectful Relationships” offers information about battering for men.

These brochures can be easily duplicated and customized so that any organization addressing violence against women can use them in its own program.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

How to use the “Domestic Violence” brochure:

The brochure is designed to give women who are in a domestic violent situation an overview of abusive behaviors and potential risks for her and her children. It offers examples of abuse women experience including the batterer breaking or smashing things, making threats or intimidating gestures, pushing, shoving, choking, name calling and insults. This gives women who are in violent relationships quick assessment points to determine their risk of increasing danger, listing behaviors that show the violence is escalating and needing more outside help from places like the courts, police, or advocacy programs. These assessment points are meant to provide women with some warning signs, but at no point does the assessment predict the potential for increased violence or murder–a woman who is experiencing the violence is the best judge of her situation.

ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS

How to use the “Abusive Relationships” brochure:

The brochure is designed to give women an overview of how an abusive relationship appears. It offers examples of abuse and quick assessment points to determine their risk of increasing danger as it can be difficult for women to identify the relationship as violent. The brochure is intended to help them look at what they may be experiencing in their relationship, in order to identify abusive and controlling behaviors. Having the local program’s contact information listed on the brochure will provide women with someone to contact if they feel they need more information or assistance.

RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS

How to use the “Respectful Relationships” brochure:

The “Respectful Relationships” brochure is designed to give women an overview of what a respectful relationship looks like. It offers examples and “green flags” of what a healthy partner and relationship are.

This third brochure, which is geared toward men, is meant to be a tool to protect and honor relationships.