Intimate Partner Violence
The National Domestic Violence Helpline States:
Domestic violence (also referred to as intimate partner violence (IPV), dating abuse, or relationship abuse) is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship.
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Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate. People of any race, age, gender, sexuality, religion, education level, or economic status can be a victim — or perpetrator — of domestic violence. That includes behaviors that physically harm, intimidate, manipulate, or control a partner or otherwise force them to behave in ways they don’t want to. This can happen through physical violence, threats, emotional abuse, or financial control.
IPV in Maryland
56
Marylanders lost their lives due to intimate partner violence in 2022
75%
of those deaths were caused
by a gun
58%
of victims were black women, meaning that black women are dying 4x their proportion of the state's population
26%
of intimate partner victims died while trying to end the relationship or after they already had
Read more on the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence Fatality Review State Implementation Team 22-23 Report