DOMESTIC ABUSE For Margaret, fourteen years of abuse came to an end one night when her husband finally got too drunk to completely control his actions, he hit his daughter. This is what it took for the police to take her husband to jail, and give her the restraining order she had so desperately wanted for years. Her husband had no prior criminal record, was a twenty four year Mariene, had a good job, and …showed first 75 words of 1137 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1137 total…before a homicide, but not always, so there is never a way to know when the violence is going to be taken to far. Helping the victim realize that the best predictor of future violence is past violence is very important. When there is even one happening of violence a critical line has been passed in a relationship. It must be assumed that the abuse will continue, and that any abuse will not be permitted.