In the State of Washington, a court mandated Domestic Violence Perpetrator is required to attend six months of weekly sessions and six months of monthly for a total of 30 visits to the treatment facility. In most cases, are the perpetrators simply attending and not realizing any intrinsic change? Do they graduate at the end of the year regardless of progress?
Folks! We may be stopping some of the behavior but know this – most likely, the physical violence is transitioning into a more subtle less visible kind of abuse. A person can be terrorized without physical violence and get away with it because being a jerk is not illegal.
There are women in this country – in the world for that matter, who have been reduced to mere property and their souls have been amputated, leaving them with little to no self respect. And so, the current system is in dire need of change and soon if we are to rid ourselves of the home grown terrorism that tears at the core of our communities. It is disgusting to think about how the children will be starting life at a disadvantage simply because of home violence.
