Domestic Violence: Loopholes in the Arizona Legal System

The United States has a long history of domestic violence. Approximately 6 million American women are abused by their spouses each year (United Way, 1998). Tradition gives people the right to rule their families, including their wife. Under these traditional circumstances violence can be tolerated (Cohen, 1996). The vast majority of domestic violence is "punished and forced by women" by men (Cohen, 1996). "Husbands use violence, force them to their wives, establish controls and use them as a means to convey regulations to regulate" appropriate "women's behavior (Dobash & Dobash, 1977-1978) .

"The management of firearms is an important issue in preventing domestic violence.When an abuser has a gun, the abused woman is five times more likely to be murdered by an abuser, legal and There are procedural loopholes.The vulnerability means that dozens of abusers can get guns and keep guns even after receiving the attention of the criminal justice system, "she said Said. "It is a public health priority to make changes to protect domestic violence victims from gun violence."

Domestic violence is a long-standing problem in our modern society for a long time, and many different organizations are making many attempts to cope with domestic violence. Although the legal system has effectively addressed the problem of domestic violence, the limits of legal institutions and mechanisms may hamper the success of suppressing domestic violence. There is a possibility that strengthening the law does not necessarily fulfill its obligation if there is a lack of funds for many services, that an ineffective mechanism, that is, an inadequate service (mechanism) is lacking. However, the legal system effectively addresses domestic violence in various ways, now the public better understands domestic violence and the ways that it can take to solve this problem and fulfills various national laws Various laws have been enacted for field violence

Legal support is necessary if victims of domestic violence 5 are effectively protected by the legal system. One of the protection measures available for victims of domestic violence is a protection order. Victims of domestic violence not represented by attorneys usually do not receive protection orders. However, if the order is unattended. In 2001, victims of domestic violence received 691,710 nonfatal violent assaults and in 2000 2000, 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by intimate partners. CALLIE M. RENNISON, REP, refer to the US Justice Department. No NCJ - 197838, Criminal Data Summary: Final Partner Violation from 1993 to 2001, available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/publpdf/ipv0l.pdf. About 25% of women participating in National Violence (NVAW) survey on women, 7.6% of men report that they are victims of domestic violence at some point in their lives