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Get Informed:
Visit the Monroe County Women's
Resources Website
If you or someone you know is being
hurt,
call (570) 421-4200 or toll-free
866-421-4200
24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Domestic Violence can take different
forms, but its goal is always the
same: batterers want total power and
control over their partners. They
do this by regularly abusing them
physically, emotionally, and
psychologically. Abusers are very
much in control: they hit when they
want to and stop when they are
ready.
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Physical Abuse:
Slapping, kicking, pushing
Hitting, choking, punching
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Verbal Abuse:
Constant criticism, name
calling, shouting
making humiliating remarks,
mocking
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Isolation:
Not allowing the victim to see
friends and relatives
Monitoring phone calls
Controlling where the victim
goes
Taking victim's keys, locking
the victim out of the home
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Harrassment/Coercion/Intimidation/Threats
Making the victim feel guilty
Pushing the victim into
decisions
Manipulating victim and other
family members
Always insisting on being right
Making up impossible "rules" and
punishing the victim for
breaking them
Threatening to harm the victim,
children, family members and
pets
Using physical size to
intimidate
Keeping weapons and threatening
to use them
Following or stalking
Humiliating the victim in public
Constantly checking up on the
victim's whereabouts
Extreme Jealousy and
possessiveness
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Economic Control
Not paying bills, refusing to
give money
To visit us in person:
Stroud Area Regional
Police Dept.
100 Day Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
To reach SARPD by telephone:
Emergency : dial 911
Phone #: 570-421-6800
Fax #: 570-421-5979
For additional information,
Visit the Monroe County Women's
Resources Website Womaen's
Resources of Monroe County is an organization
that assists all victims of Domestic
Violence, whether the victim is
female or male.
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