The daily news, being more and more numerous, undoubtedly reveals the fact that the family is not always a „safe place”, where you can find care, protection, support, comfort and emotional warmth, but, on the contrary, it could prove being a dangerous environment full of tension and violence and in some cases even becoming the scene of serious crimes. The work focuses on the violence that takes place inside the family walls and takes place outside any type of social control and public security, representing the abusive behavior of one or both partners, in an intimate couple relationship. This takes many forms, such as: mistreatment, sexual abuse, physical aggression C, threats of aggression, intimidation, control, harassment, psychological violence, neglect, deprivation of economic means. In this context, we tend to mention that violence against women is a transcultural phenomenon, present in all geographical locations (small or big cities), social strata and different ethnic groups, and it is universally spread in all cultures of developed and developing countries.