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abusive behavior

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abusive behavior
Public health Any of various behaviors–aggressive, coercive or controlling, destructive, harassing, intimidating, isolating, threatening–which a batterer may use to control a domestic partner/victim. See Domestic violence.


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No one advocates abusive behavior by officers, but expecting officers never to say anything, even in a stressful law-enforcement situation, that could possibly be interpreted as an expression of bias is absurd and will only open further avenues for costly and pointless litigation.
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