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29-06-2005, 15:04

As you may have guessed from my non-committing opening post I'm not sure of this one. Ultimately the aim is clearly right and the thing that nags me is that once one act of domestic violence occurs another is likely to follow. So whilst a victim might accept an aggressors plea that s/he won't do it again and therefore dreop charges, they may just be storing up trouble for themselves. But the element of compulsion does concern me and that's why I wonder if the other pilot route is the one to follow - but without knowing more about the levels of its success I'm not so sure.

My mother also called the police once claiming my dad had assaulted her, which was clearly not true. Still, gave me something to talk about at school:
"What you have for breakfast Andy?"
"Coppers"

29-06-2005, 15:04	#5
andyl Guest Location: Bury Services: NTL 2MB Broadband, x2 phones, digi TV. Posts: n/a	Re: Victims of Domestic Violence Forced To Testify As you may have guessed from my non-committing opening post I'm not sure of this one. Ultimately the aim is clearly right and the thing that nags me is that once one act of domestic violence occurs another is likely to follow. So whilst a victim might accept an aggressors plea that s/he won't do it again and therefore dreop charges, they may just be storing up trouble for themselves. But the element of compulsion does concern me and that's why I wonder if the other pilot route is the one to follow - but without knowing more about the levels of its success I'm not so sure. My mother also called the police once claiming my dad had assaulted her, which was clearly not true. Still, gave me something to talk about at school: "What you have for breakfast Andy?" "Coppers"