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Financial Abuse


Abusers often attempt to establish financial control over victims. Victims who are financially dependent on abusers have fewer resources for escape. Financial abuse includes:

  • Making all financial decisions for the household
  • Keeping financial secrets
  • Monitoring the victim's spending
  • Controlling the victim's access to cash
  • Controlling the victim's access to checkbook or credit cards
  • Refusing to let the victim work
  • Forcing the victim to turn over income to the abuser

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