Staying Safe
These pages provide tips for keeping yourself and your family members safe, in various situations and stages of abuse.
These pages provide tips to help keep you as safe as possible. Following these suggestions can't guarantee your safety, but could help make you safer.
The website www.leavingabuse.com also has a lot of good information on how to safety plan, including a "how to" guide for escaping abusive relationships.
Thank you to the National Center for Victims of Crime and Lydia Walker for their assistance in compiling this material.
- Internet Security
There are ways that an abuser can access your email and also find out where you have been on the internet. It is impossible to to hide all your tracks.
- Safety with an Abuser
This page helps you think of ways to try to stay safe if you are currently living with someone who is violent.
- Getting Ready to Leave
If you are thinking about leaving a violent relationship, this page can help you think of ways to prepare.
- Leaving
This page provides general guidelines for when you are ready to leave an abusive relationship.
- After You Have Left
If you have left an abusive relationship, or you are trying to keep your abuser away, this page will provide tips for staying safe.
- Going to Court
If you are going to court for a final protective order, your abuser may also be coming to court. Here are some ideas on keeping safe in court.
- Safety in Rural Areas
If you live in a rural area or a small town, there are some extra things to keep in mind when you're making a safety plan.