The Pre-incident factors that can lead to spousal abuse and violence are listed below. *the woman has intuititive feelings that she is at risk *spouse verbally abuses most of the time *spouse resolves conflict with intimidation, bullying, and violence *spouse uses alcohol and psychotropic agents, like xanax or valium *spouse is a pathological liar-lies about past work experience-ego narcissistic behavior. *weapons are part of his persona *spouse constantly blames others for his mistakes or problems-never taking responsibility for the results of his own actions *spouse minimizes incidents of violence Domestic violence is a crime and can become more serious as time goes. Many times domestic violence can lead to homicides -which is dramatically increasing with victims reaching into the thousands each year. Please be safe and if you are a victim - help is right around the corner- ...