### Question
What does domestic violence crime mean?


### Answer
**Domestic violence crime** has the following meaning in *18 U.S.C. § 3561*:

> a crime of violence for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States in which the victim or intended victim is the spouse, former spouse, intimate partner, former intimate partner, child, or former child of the defendant, or any other relative of the defendant

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 3561*
  - Heading: **PART II-CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > CHAPTER 227-SENTENCES > SUBCHAPTER B-PROBATION**

