Deliberate severe and repeated injury to one domestic partner by the other.

Married persons, i.e., husbands and wives, or partners. Domestic partners, or spousal equivalents, are two adults who have chosen to share their lives in an intimate and committed relationship, reside together, and share a mutual obligation of support for the basic necessities of life.

Persons including soldiers involved with the armed forces.

Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

Sexual maltreatment of the child or minor.

Emotional, nutritional, financial, or physical maltreatment, exploitation, or abandonment of the older person generally by family members or by institutional personnel.

Persons who were child victims of violence and abuse including physical, sexual, or emotional maltreatment.

Disorders related to substance abuse.

The social institution involving legal and/or religious sanction whereby individuals are joined together.

The state of having lost a marital partner by death.

Health facilities providing therapy and/or rehabilitation for substance-dependent individuals. Methadone distribution centers are included.