The Chesterfield County Domestic Violence Task Force
Building Alliances to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence
Brochures
Getting Help to Stop Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is a pattern of behaviors used by one person in an intimate relationship to exert power and control over the other.
Learn to recognize the different kinds of abuse — emotional, verbal, sexual, mental or physical.
Building an Integrated Community Response
Domestic violence significantly decreases when the community takes an active stance and presents a unified, consistent and systematic response.
You can make a difference.
Children Who Witness Domestic Violence
Be aware of the signs of children exposed to domestic violence.
The effects of domestic violence on children can be devastating.