REGISTER HERE Members of CMSA Free Non-Members: $25.00 Questions or trouble registering email Nadine Carter at ncarter3345@outlook.com Overview: Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, psychological, or technological actions or threats or other patterns of coercive behavior that influence another person within an intimate partner relationship. This includes any behavior that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone. Statistics – The “Why” as to the importance on Domestic Violence as a formal educational course It is estimated more than 10M adults experience domestic violence annually in the United States. The most current national studies on domestic violence suggest that from 22 to 25% of all women will experience domestic violence at some point during their lives. It is estimated that one in three women and one in four men have been physically abused by an intimate partner. On a typical day, national hotlines receive over 20,000 calls. An estimated 15.5M children are witness to domestic violence every year. It appears domestic violence has increased […]