Domestic abuse usually has to come to physical blows before many in our legal system recognize the urgent need for action. While we may find some support for physical violence, little exists for the psychological and emotional damage of psychological torture.
Abusers quickly learn that going to the victim’s home with a weapon may get them in trouble, but taking steps to harass them in other ways is an open-ended season ticket for their harassment and abuse campaign. Because their abuser has more rights to harass without repercussion than they have to protect themselves, many victims feel less protected by the law than their abuser.