Chapter 8 Vocabulary

3. A toll-free telephone service where abuse victims can get help and information
6. The unlawful beating, hitting, or kicking of another person
8. When a person forces another person to participate in a sexual act against his or her will
9. Any kind of sexual intercourse with a person against her or his will
13. The killing of one human being by another
14. The failure to meet a person's basic physical and emotional needs
15. Purposely frightening another person through threatening words, looks, or body language
17. Uninvited and unwelome sexual conduct directed at another person
18. Singling out or excluding a person based on gender
19. A policy that makes no exceptions for anybody for any reason

1. Pattern of repeating abuse from one generation to the next
2. Any individual who suffers injury, loss, or death due to violence.
4. Ongoing conduct that offends another person by criticizing his or her race, color, religion, physical disability, or gender
5. The physical, emotional, or mental mistreatment of one person by another
7. Physical abuse that occurs within a family
10. An unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another person
11. Any behavior that causes physical or psychological harm to a person or damage to property
12. The buying or selling of drugs
16. A group whose members often use violence or take part in criminal activity