广播电视英语短句 第 47 课：家庭暴力-6

He also says the economic situation will make it more difficult for some victims to leave abusive relationships. 他还说经济形式使得一些受害者远离虐待关系变得更加难。

Physical abuse is always a crime, but domestic violence laws differ from state to state. 身体虐待一直是犯罪，但是州与州的家庭暴力法不同。

Claire Wright at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California, says legal protections do not always cover all kinds of abuse. 加州圣地亚哥市的托马斯杰斐逊法学院Claire Wright 说，法律保护不能总是覆盖所有种类的虐待。

She also says abusers may simply change their method of exercising control, to try to reduce their chances of getting caught. 她还说虐待者可能仅仅改变他们练习控制的手段，就可以设法减少被抓的可能性。