North County Women's Shelter & Resource Center

P.O. Box 2155 * 7360 El Camino Real, #3  Atascadero, CA 93423

Phone (805) 461-1338 * Fax (805) 461-8115

After Hours Hotline: (805) 549-8989 or 1-800-549-8989

*We Can Help 24 Hours/Day - 7 Days/Week*

 

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Characteristics that might identify a Potential Batterer

1.                  He reports having been physically or psychologically abused as a child.

2.                His mother was battered or verbally abused by his father. 

3.                He has displayed violence against other people.

4.                He plays with guns and uses them to protect himself against other people.

5.                He loses his temper frequently and more easily than seems necessary.

6.                He commits acts of violence against objects or animals.

7.                He drinks alcohol excessively and/or uses illegal drugs.

8.                He displays an unusual amount of jealously when you are not with him.  He is jealous of other significant people in your life.

9.                He becomes enraged when you do not listen to his advice.

10.            He appears to have a dual personality.

11.             He expects you to spend all of your free time with him or to keep him informed of your whereabouts.

12.            There is a sense of overkill in his kindness and his cruelty.

13.            You get a sense of fear when he becomes angry.

14.            He has rigid ideas of what people should do that are determined by male and female roles.

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