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'''Domestic violence''' as a category of crime was originally applied to [[wife-beating]], but it grew to include any violent altercation between husband and wife. With the rise of unmarried couples living together, police began applying the term to boyfriends and girlfriends.  

'''Domestic violence''' as a category of crime was originally applied to [[wife-beating]], but it grew to include any violent altercation between husband and wife. With the rise of unmarried couples living together, police began applying the term to boyfriends and girlfriends.  

In recent decades, the new tolerance for homosexuality has prompted several organizations to broaden their definitions.

In recent decades, the new tolerance for homosexuality has prompted several organizations to broaden their definitions. The term can also be used for abuse of one's children, or anyone is the same household<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domestic%20violence</ref>

Domestic violence occurs least often in a marriage, more often with an unmarried heterosexual couple living together, and most often among homosexual couples. See [[Homosexual Couples and Domestic Violence]].

Domestic violence occurs least often in a marriage, more often with an unmarried heterosexual couple living together, and most often among homosexual couples. See [[Homosexual Couples and Domestic Violence]].