concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: protection/restraining orders

criminal justice system
type: Concept
narrower: protection/restraining orders

intrafamilial offenses
type: Concept
narrower: protection/restraining orders

personal offenses
type: Concept
narrower: protection/restraining orders

protection/restraining orders
type: Concept
broader: personal offenses
broader: intrafamilial offenses
broader: criminal justice system
definition: Domestic violence can be characterized by a variety of physical, social, sexual, economic, and psychological attacks against many groups, including current and former significant others, family members, and children. Even though domestic violence can cross socioeconomic, ethnic, and gender lines, most common and popular knowledge of domestic violence relates to female abuse perpetrated by men. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Protection/Restraining Orders]