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).
The most extreme cases of domestic abuse can sometimes lead to familicide.
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
- Chris Brown
- Chuck Traynor
- Craig Thomas
- DaddyOFive
- 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
- Luke Munday
- Matthew Heimbach
- Michael Hamilton
- Nathan Larson
- O.J. Simpson
- Omar Mateen
- Oscar Pistorius
- Richard Spencer
- Tekashi 6ix9ine
- War Machine