an finals builds up the courage to actually call the police for help, they arrive to do nothing for her except maybe make situation worst. The worst part of the authorities failing in helping a person is when these people (police officers, prosecutors) believe that they have no business in the next mans business. Some also believe that beating your wife is not important enough for the criminal courts; and those who file a complaint are just trying to manipulate their husband (Gillespie 140).Once the man is arrested for battering his wife, he is most likely to be released on his own recognizance, while he waits for trial date. Once this all happens he goes back home and tries to give some kind of remorse to his wife so that she can drop the charges. Some are released merely because they promised the judge that they wouldnt do it again (Gillespie 142). Also restraining orders might as well mean nothing. An officer usually will not arrest a man who violates his order unless the violation occurs in front of him. My opinion if this is a fact amongst officers, than what is the point of charging any one with a crime?, murder, rape, child abuse id authorities didnt see it for themselves or someone confesses. I think a restraining order should be in police officers computers, just the same way a warrant is in the computers. When the abusers go to trial and get convicted they get the low degree of assault and might be sent to jail for, maybe, a year.A woman on the Maury Povich talk show (aired 12-7-00), was a woman that was nearly killed, if it wasnt for her son waking up to the noise. Her husband was beating her with a hammer against her head. After several blows to her head and her blacking out every now and then, he came at her with a knife to stab her. Then her 6-year old son came out of his room and saw his mother laying on the floor with blood every where, a her husband was about to stab her she try to prevent him from going any ...
