Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

What kind of behavior is considered domestic violence?

Domestic violence can take a number of forms, including:

* physical behavior (slapping, punching, pulling hair or shoving)

* forced or coerced sexual acts or behavior (unwanted fondling or intercourse, or sexual jokes and insults)

* threats (threatening to hit, harm or use a weapon)

* psychological abuse (attacks on self-esteem, attempts to control or limit another person's behavior, repeated insults or interrogation)

* stalking (following a person, appearing at a person's home or workplace, making repeated phone calls or leaving written messages), or

* cyberstalking (repeated online action or email that causes substantial emotional distress).

Typically, many kinds of abuse go on at the same time in a household.