Domestic violence may also be the name of a specific criminal offense, in a Criminal Code of a jurisdiction, describing various criminal acts. It may also appear in the context of legislation that is not necessary criminal, but rather civ...il (providing for civil remedies, protection orders etc.). See, for example, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 Violence by a person against their intimate partner is often done as a way for controlling their partner, even if this kind of violence is not the most frequent In some parts of the world, specific forms of domestic violence, such as honor killings, acid attacks and dowry violence, are common.
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