What you have just read are the tragic accounts from one of the many victims of domestic violence. Domestic violence is both a social and legal problem. It refers to physical violence or harassment perpetrated by one member of a family or household against another member. This occurs between people in a range of domestic relationships including spousal relationships, intimate personal relationships, family relationships and informal care relationships. As you will see, unfortunately there is an increasingly high level of domestic viole

nce occuring in our society. Although the law has made some attempts to deal with domestic violence offenders, the question arises as to how effective the laws actually are.

· Social abuse can be defined as the deliberate isolation, preventing the victim from leaving the home, disconnecting or controlling the victim’s use of the phone, making the victim constantly account for their whereabouts.

· Emotional/verbal abuse that results in behaviour intended to, or has the effect of reducing the victims self esteem by constant putdowns, belittling, threatening and humiliating the victim.

In order to prevent domestic violence from reoccurring, the victim can obtain a protection order. The magistrate can grant this after hearing the evidence and deciding whether or not an order should be made to protect the victim. This order can prevent the perpetrator from having any further contact with the victim and usually lasts for 2 years. However, in exceptional circumstances, the court may order that a Protection Order lasts for longer than 2 years. If the perpetrator breaches the order in any way, the police can intervene and the guilty party can be either fined up to $6000 or imprisoned for up to 18 months.

Victims of domestic abuse often experience a range of difficulties as a result of the abuse. Even after leaving a violent relationship, a victim may continue to experience a range of problems as a result of the abuse. Further, leaving an abusive partner doesn't guarantee that the abuse will stop, as many abusive partners continue the abuse and attempt other ways to control their partner. One battering episode builds on past episodes and sets the stage for future episodes. All incidents have a profound effect on the victim and may result in a range of consequences, either physically injurious or psychologically damaging. Without intervention, the pattern of assaultive behaviours often escalates in both frequency and severity. Common effects of domestic violence include: Guilt, grief, distrust of others, low self-esteem, fear, shame and sometimes sleep disturbances and physical illness as a result from the constant stress and uncertainty that go with living in an abus

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