Domestic violence covers a wide range of abuses. Some of the different types of abuse include physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, and economic. Women who experience abuse usually suffer from all different types. Often one type of abuse leads to another, and most cases of abuse never start with anything physical. In most cases, one form of abuse is used to impose another. “Throughout history, women have been the most victimized by someone they know (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, p. 1). Most abusers usually start with emotional abuse because it makes the target emotionally more weak and less likely to react. He also probably has the most diverse ways of inflicting abuse usually consist of humiliating her, making her feel bad about herself, insulting her, playing mind games, humiliating her. making her feel guilty and thinking she is crazy is usually done by using visits to harass her and/or children, using children to convey messages and threatening to take them away (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence p.2 Abusers have also been known to use things like “coercion and threats” (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Pg2). ). “Two of the most common threats are abandoning them or committing suicide” (National Coalitional Against Domestic Violence page 2). “Most cases of domestic abuse are never reported to the authorities (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence page 1).” This is probably because most are too ashamed of what is happening and feel they either let it happen or deserved the horrible… middle of paper… especially on their own” ( Staying Safe in a Shelter for women page 3). “The longer you stay in the shelter, the harder it will be to leave, not to become too dependent on the shelter” (Staying Safe in a Women's page 2). 2011) September 13, 2011. http://www.NationalCoalitionAgainstDomesticViolence.org Jackson, Caron “Domestic Violence and Abuse” Food/cooking/nutrion/community December 3, 2009, October 26, 2011. http://www.thefreelibrary. comRenee, “Staying Safe in a Women's Shelter” July 11, 2006, October 5, 2011.http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/43031/staying_safe_in_a_womens_shelter.htmlSmith,M. , Segal, J. “Help for Abused and Battered Women” 2011, 13 September 2011. http://www.helpguide.org “Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)” February 17, 2008, October 26, 2011. http:// www.thefreelibrary.com