While acknowledging that it is possible for intimate partner abuse to occur in same-sex couples, and that it sometimes occurs that a female will abuse a male partner, the abuser in the vast majority of cases is a man, the target a woman. This video examines a program where the medical community, social and psychiatric services, police, and courts have formed a coalition to reduce the incidence of spousal abuse and help the victims. This coordination helps to ensure that neither abuser nor victim falls through judicial or bureaucratic cracks.