Sentences with phrase «broad definition of abuse»

Vermont law provides a broad definition of abuse as it applies to vulnerable adults.

Not exact matches

It also covers the criticism that the act has received from some quarters claiming that the definition of abuse is too broad and open to manipulation.

She reported that Rights of Women had issued judicial review proceedings in respect of the domestic violence criteria, arguing that they were unlawful as they effectively narrowed the (quite broad) statutory definition of domestic abuse that has been accepted by the government.

Those whose primary focus is partner abuse, Straus suggests, use a broader definition of violence (or, I might add, use the term abuse rather than violence) to include «multiple modes of maltreatment and the resulting injury.»