OUR FINDINGS
At Harbor House, we acknowledge domestic violence is a crime unlike any other crime. Considering relationships seldom start out as abusive, domestic violence is often difficult to understand. The perpetrator uses former intimacy to control his partner, while outsiders who have never experienced domestic violence find a woman’s inability to leave the relationship unimaginable.
State and national coalitions against domestic violence help us understand the nature and dynamics of assaultive, coercive behaviors: