Uncovering economic domestic abuse

March 24, 2015

Economic abuse makes domestic abuse nearly impossible to escape. Patricia Sabga reports

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Uncovering economic domestic abuse

Physical abuse is the most commonly understood form of domestic violence. But there’s another type that’s lesser known but no less insidious: economic abuse, in which one partner deprives the other of economic freedom by restricting his or her access to money and credit and undermining his or her ability to make a living.


 

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