Although domestic violence includes sibling abuse and elder abuse, and child abuse the focus of my essay is on spouse abuse. Domestic violence has many names; family violence, battering, wife beating, and domestic abuse. All these terms refer to the same thing, abuse by a marital, common law, or a dating partner in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence is not limited to physical beatings. It is any behaviour that is intended to subjugate and control another human being through the use of humiliation, fear, and physical or verbal assaults. Domestic violence is very important issue in today's society because it has such a