Family violence is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation. It can assume multiple forms, including physical, verbal, emotional, economic, religious, reproductive, or sexual abuse, that may result in disfigurement or death. Domestic violence is a global problem that doesn’t know social, economic or national limits, and the prevention of this phenomenon, the protection of victims and the punishment of aggressors is a set of integrated policies, necessary to be implemented in the legislation of each state.