About Sexual Assault, Dating Violence and Stalking What is
Dating Violence? Dating violence/relationship abuse is a pattern
of coercive behaviors that serves to exercise control and power
in an intimate relationship. The coercive and abusive behaviors
can be physical, sexual, psychological, verbal and/or emotional.
Relationship abuse can occur between current or former intimate
partners who have dated, lived together, currently reside
together on or off campus, or who otherwise connected through a
past or existing relationship. It can occur in opposite-sex and
same-sex relationships. The Clark Student Code of Conduct
describes how examples of relationship abuse include, but are
not limited to: attempting to cause or causing bodily injury by
hitting, slapping, punching, hair pulling, kicking, sexual
assault and/or other forms of unwanted physical contact that
causes harm; knowingly restricting the movements of another
person; isolating or confining a person for a period of time;
controlling or monitoring behav