- This discussion of criminal laws relating to domestic violence is far from complete. See, e.g., Victor Veith, Broken Promises: A Call for Witness Tampering Sanctions in Cases of Child and Domestic Abuse, 18 Hamline L. Rev. 533 (1996). Other relevant crime types include reckless endangerment (e.g., Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13 § 1025; Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.36.050) or other special population offenses such as R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-14.2 (battery against child 10 years old or less) and R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-10.1 (assault on person 60 years or older).