Domestic abuse, or domestic violence, is a wide field of connected crimes based around the home, with relatives abusing one another in some fashion - normally it is associated with violence against women and children but men can also be victims of abuse in their own homes, as can same-sex couples.
Abusive relationships have been a major social sin in recent times due to a raised awareness of women's rights and child welfare as well as a decline in some cultures of the traditional "macho" male image that promoted some abuse (for example some societies believed hitting a woman was acceptable to keep her "in her place" and beating children was common until fairly recent history).
In many areas, domestic abuse is now a criminal offense and abusers are often shunned by society due to the crime now having a social stigma (see above).
Notable domestic abusers
- Alois Hitler
- Andrew Kehoe
- Augustus Sol Invictus
- Brandon Wallace
- Brittany Johnson
- Chuck Traynor
- Craig Thomas
- Daniel Rakowitz
- Derek Chauvin
- Devin Patrick Kelley
- Fedai Baran
- Fred Phelps
- Gary Montez Martin
- James Oliver Huberty
- James Patterson Smith
- Joseph Stalin
- József Barsi
- Larry Loveless
- Matthew Heimbach
- Michael Hamilton
- Nathan Larson
- O.J. Simpson
- Omar Mateen
- Oscar Pistorius
- Richard Spencer
- War Machine