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Domestic violence isn't about just physical violence – and state laws are beginning to recognize that

  • Written by Lisa Aronson Fontes, Senior Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageIntimate partner abuse isn't about just physical violence. It's about domination and control. Malte Mueller/Getty Images

Three or more U.S. women are murdered every day by their current or former intimate partner.

That may in part be due to a failure of state laws to capture the full range of behavior that constitutes domestic abuse. The law...

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