Enclosure (1) to COMDTINST 1750.7C
11. Confidential. CGFAP case information shall only be disseminated by the most secure methods, i.e.,
in person or in writing assuring access only by the person to whom it is directed. E-mail, unless
password encrypted, shall not be used to transfer case information or provide discussion of any
CGFAP cases or situations. Only those personnel with a need-to-know in the performance of their
official duties will be allowed case information.
12. Confidentiality. CGFAP case information will not be disclosed other than to those persons who
have a need-to-know in the performance of their official duties. As used in this Instruction, the term
confidentiality in no way creates any legal privilege not otherwise provided by law.
13. Domestic Violence. Domestic violence is abuse that occurs with the context of an intimate
relationship. Abuse is a pattern of coercive control directed toward a victim. Abusive behavior can
cause and be responsible for physical/medical harm, arouse fear and prevent a victim from acting
independently and/or making decisions in the best self-interest. Perpetrators abuse victims to
achieve and maintain absolute power. Abuse is deliberate. Perpetrators select the targets of their
abuse. They frequently choose the circumstances of the violence, including the acute awareness of
the degree required to bring about the desired reaction. There is no behavior on the part of the
victim which in any way is the cause or excuse for abuse. Substance abuse and/or psychopathology
do not in any way diminish the perpetrators total responsibility for the violence. Abuse may consist
of one or more of the following behaviors:
a. Physical Assault.
b. Verbal and Emotional Forms of Assault and Control. Includes behaviors such as intimidation,
coercion, threats, active intentional berating, and chronic derogatory criticism.
c. Isolation and/or Degradation.
d. Economic Forms of Control. Includes behaviors such as withholding access to money or other
basic resources, and sabotaging employment, housing and/or educational opportunities.
e. Sexual Control. Includes behaviors such as sexual assault, coercion and the withholding of
intimacy for the purpose of control.
f. Social Isolation. Includes behaviors such as possessiveness, extreme jealousy, interfering with
communications with friends, family, and resources for help, prohibiting access to
transportation, and refusing access to a telephone or other forms of communication.
g. Citizenship Forms of Control. Includes behaviors such as failure to comply with immigration
requirements, making the alien spouse ineligible to find work or vulnerable to deportation and
loss of child custody.
14. Elder Abuse and Neglect. An act or omission by one having the care, custody or responsibility of an
elderly person which results in harm or threatened harm. The types of elder abuse and neglect are as
follows:
a. Physical Abuse. Inflicting, or the threat to inflict, physical pain or injury by the caretaker.
b. Neglect. The caretaker's refusal or failure to provide food, shelter, health care, personal hygiene
and protection from the elements.
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