DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS

Domestic Violence Laws

Domestic Violence Laws

Over the past several decades, governments at the Commonwealth, State and Territory levels have taken steps in response to domestic violence through legislative and non-legislative measures. The law can do much to discourage domestic violence - by making it a crime and attaching penalties intended both to punish and to deter offenders and would-be offenders, and by establishing mechanisms (such as protection orders) designed to protect and assist the persons against whom domestic violence is perpetrated or threatened. The law can also seek to change behaviors by, for example, encouraging or even mandating perpetrators' participation ...