Jess,
The Catholic Church is opposed to domestic violence, see for example:
You can get other references by doing this search on Google:
site:vatican.va "domestic violence"
Be sure to include the quotation marks.
This is a topic that, as you allude to, is covered by other teachings on violence. You won't see too much elaboration on the sin of domestic violence because it's so obvious that it's wrong, but you will see numerous negative references to it.
Eric
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