What´s Restraining Orders Ineffective?

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In her editorial “Restraining orders hurt women,” author Carey Roberts claims, “Restraining orders are not only ineffective, they can also escalate partner conflict.” But how can she support her claim that they are ineffective? Roberts is not looking at the whole story. Although there may be a small number of cases in which her opinion is true, it is impossible to know the number of cases in which restraining orders help those victims who need them. There may be vast numbers of people who have been deterred from physical or mental abuse because they did have fear of the law’s repercussions if they were to violate a restraining order that was taken out against them. There will always be a small number of people who will, regardless of penalty,

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