| Domestic violence is a problem that is usually shunned | | | | fear of being physically harmed is tantamount to |
| by many people since it involves the embarrassment | | | | domestic violence. |
| of the whole family. Most victims of domestic | | | | In cases involving domestic violence the court |
| violence often times ended up in mental asylum due | | | | provides temporary or lengthy restraining orders in |
| to too much depression and emotional torture. | | | | order to protect the victim from the abuser. The |
| Countless number of wives and children are | | | | restraining order restrained the abuser from |
| experiencing domestic violence all over the world. | | | | contacting, attacking, striking, threatening, battering, |
| Domestic violence involves the abuse between family | | | | calling and disturbing the peace of the victim. In |
| members or among relatives. Domestic violence has | | | | addition, the abuser is also restrained from staying at |
| many forms and these are as follows: physical abuse, | | | | least 100 yards away from the victim as well as the |
| threats of physical abuse, emotional abuse, | | | | victim's house and also away from the victim's |
| threatening telephone calls, disturbances at offices, | | | | workplace. Likewise the abuser is ordered to take |
| stalking as well as other forms of brute dominance | | | | part in batterer treatment counseling and to report |
| and control. The reason that differentiates domestic | | | | to court with evidence of completion of such |
| violence from all other types of violence is that the | | | | rehabilitation program. And the abuser is also banned |
| victim has a special relationship with the abuser. | | | | from buying a firearm. Violation of the restraining |
| In order to consider an act a form of domestic | | | | order may put an abuser to jail. |
| violence the following relationship tests must be met: | | | | In some state domestic violence has been added as |
| a) the parties involved in domestic violence must at | | | | a crime punishable under the criminal law. In this |
| least be married now or were formerly married to | | | | states, criminal case may be filed against the abuser |
| each other, b) The parties involved must be related | | | | even without the complaint of the victim. This is |
| either by blood, marriage or adoption, c) the parties | | | | because domestic violence is considered not only a |
| involved are currently or formerly living together, d) | | | | crime on the persona of the victim but a crime |
| the parties involved are now or been dating or | | | | against the community and the state. And so the |
| engaged and d) the parties involved have a common | | | | state does not require the assistance of the victim |
| child. There are some states that do not require | | | | to prosecute an abuser although a complaint from |
| actual physical abuse reports from parties involved. | | | | the victim can hasten the judgment of the case. |
| The mere report of emotional abuse or even the | | | | |