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domestic violence  

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  • Domestic violence—usually defined as intentional physical, sexual, or emotional harm by an intimate partner or family member—likely has always been part of human history. The construction and reconstruction of this social problem in the United States occurred in several ways, beginning as the problem of wife abuse. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Domestic Violence]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/domestic_violence

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