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The Cycle of Domestic Violence shows how domestic violence often becomes a pattern made up of three stages.
Adapted from Dr. Lenore Walker's "Cycle of Violence"
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Tension-Building
criticism, yelling, swearing, using angry gestures, coercion, threats
Violence
physical and sexual attacks and threats
Seduction
apologies, blaming, promises to change, gifts It also explains how three dynamics, love hope and fear, keep the cycle in motion and make it hard to end a violent relationship.
Love/Hope/Fear
keep the cycle in motion. Love for your partner, the relationship has its good points, it's not all bad Hope that it will change, the relationship didn't begin like this Fear that the threats to kill you or your family will become reality
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