FAMILY VIOLENCE

  

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FAMILY VIOLENCE

Specialty Definition: FAMILY VIOLENCE

DomainDefinition

Social Sciences

Any form of physical, sexual or psychological violence which puts the safety or welfare of a family member at risk and/or the use of physical or emotional force or threat of physical force, including sexual violence, within the family or household. Includes child abuse, incest, wife battering and sexual or other abuse of any member of the household. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: FAMILY VIOLENCE

Synonym: Domestic violence. (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: FAMILY VIOLENCE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Helping the Abuser: Intervening Effectively in Family Violence (reference)

  • Publications available from the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence = Liste des publications disponibles aupráes du Centre national d'information sur la violence dans la famille (reference)

  • Scared to Leave, Afraid to Stay: Paths from Family Violence to Safety (reference)

  • Counseling Female Offenders and Victims: A Strengths-Restorative Approach (Springer Series of Family Violence) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: FAMILY VIOLENCE

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

In Mexico City, during the first 8 months of the year, the Center for Family Violence (CAVI) received 8,760 cases and assisted 11,732 people. (references)

Children

Hungary

A number of laws have been passed to address family violence, including a law on the protection of children. (references)

Dominican Republic

It carried out community information campaigns on children's rights, including the prevention of child abuse, child labor, and family violence. (references)

Russia

The main reasons for this reportedly were family violence, financial problems, or social problems such as drug or alcohol abuse by one or both of the parents. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cyprus

Whereas in 1997 thousands of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots participated in bicommunal events, in which mixed groups met to discuss such topics as the environment, family violence, management techniques, business operations, and legal questions, the Turkish Cypriot ban halted almost all of those contacts. (references)

Women

Portugal

During 2000 police agencies recorded 11,765 cases of family violence. (references)

Colombia

The 1996 Law on Family Violence criminalizes violent acts committed within families, including spousal rape. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FAMILY VIOLENCE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

family violence

138

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14

cause family violence

9

domestic family violence

5

family violence texas

3

article family violence

3

conference family violence

2

domestic family violence violence violence

2

act family violence

2

canadian case family violence

2

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2

abuse child family violence

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FAMILY VIOLENCE

Language Translations for "FAMILY VIOLENCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vold i hjemmet (domestic violence), vold i familien (domestic violence). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

huiselijk geweld (domestic violence), geweld binnen het gezin (domestic violence). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

perheväkivalta (domestic violence). (various references)

   

French

  

violence domestique, violence dans la famille. (various references)

   

German

  

häusliche Gewalt (domestic violence), Gewalt in der Familie (domestic violence). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βία μέσα στην οικογένεια (domestic violence), βία μέσα στο σπίτι (domestic violence), ενδοοικογενειακή βία (domestic violence). (various references)

   

Italian

  

violenza nel constesto familiare (domestic violence), violenza in ambito domestico (domestic violence). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amilyfay iolencevay

   

Portuguese

  

violência na familia (domestic violence), violência doméstica (domestic violence). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

violencia familiar (domestic violence), violencia en la familia (domestic violence), violencia doméstica (domestic violence). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

våld inom familjen (domestic violence), våld i hemmet (domestic violence). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FAMILY VIOLENCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-v-y"

-5 letters: covelline, finically, inviolacy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FAMILY VIOLENCE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 41 4D 49 4C 59      56 49 4F 4C 45 4E 43 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01000001 01001101 01001001 01001100 01011001 00100000 01010110 01001001 01001111 01001100 01000101 01001110 01000011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#65 &#77 &#73 &#76 &#89 &#32 &#86 &#73 &#79 &#76 &#69 &#78 &#67 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0041 004D 0049 004C 0059      0056 0049 004F 004C 0045 004E 0043 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40354743465925643494639483739

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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