The Australian Government does not tolerate domestic and family violence under any circumstances.

Is it against the law to threaten to hit someone. Under Section 199 of the Crimes Act it is an offence to threaten to destroy or damage property belonging to another person. The Supreme Court has cited three reasons why threats of violence are outside the First Amendment. Additionally a person may also have to go to jail for verbal threats.

However making the threats and then approaching the person in a threatening manner does qualify as assault. Threats and harassment are both illegal and each individual state has different laws regarding these crimes. In many cases the aggressor may be arrested and may face assault charges.

This is usually a misdemeanor but if its serious it could result in jail time. It does not matter whether you intend to harm the other person or not as long as you intend them to. If someone in your life or an ex-spouse or ex-lover hurts you physically we will arrest the offender and change them with an offence.

Most of the time it could be considered as negotiation tactics. We took the question to Micah Schwartzbach a California criminal defense lawyer and editor at Nolo. Placing a person in fear that you will be violent towards them can also be an offence including.

For example a person who threatens their neighbor while waving a gun may be charged with aggravated assault. Protecting individuals from the fear of violence from the disruption that fear engenders and from the possibility that the threatened violence. So the same conduct that is considered a criminal threat in one state may be classified as an assault in another.

Threatening to kill another person is a serious offence that is punishable with a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment. A credible threat of violence includes following or stalking someone or making harassing calls or sending harassing messages by phone mail or e-mail over a period of time even if it is a short time. One of the most common examples is when the person threatens to file a lawsuit against the other one.