It also applies to siblings, children, parents, grandparents and others in a straight ascending or descending line, as well as adoptive-, foster- and step-relationships.
[2]According to Norwegian police statistics, 5,284 cases of domestic violence were reported in 2008.
[3] The number of reported cases of domestic violence increased by 500 percent from 2005 to 2011.
A 2011 study claimed that one in four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime.
The measures are supposed to support their own efforts to escape their situation, and to make it possible to protect their own and their children's lives.