Stalking And Prevention Of Domestic Violence (DV)

The legal system was created keep individuals safe. Domestic violence (DV) can be defined as a personal violence offence committed by a person against another person with whom the person who commits the offence has or has had a domestic relationship. DV is a serious issue that is affecting families and the lifestyle of some individuals. Some of the legal and non- legal methods in resolving issues of DV are ineffective, as they do not achieve safety. There has been legislation in place to reduce the amount of DV and many other support services and programs that raise the awareness and help victims of DV.

Legislation does not protect women enough in the case for stalking. Stalking is watching or frequenting of the vicinity of, or an approach to, a person’s place of residence, business or work or any place that a person frequents for the purposes of any social or leisure activity. About 80-90% of stalkers are men and most of the times men do not believe that they are in the fault of when they are stalking. In 2013 SBS aired an episode on insight regarding on the topic of stalking. A man named “James” who is a stalker and was on the show and stated, “How can a person stalk his own family, for heaven 's sake?” Stalking can happen within family and can lead to serious …show more content…
Another segment on Insight talked about Violent families Atena and Arman Abrahimsadeh (sisters and brothers). They talked about the death of their mother who was killed by their father at an event that they were attending. The ADVO that they had on the father was amended before incident and this allowed the father to be at the same space as the father. After the death of their mother they opened up Zahra Foundation in memory of the mother to support women and their children to live a life free of violence and attain economic independence. ADVO has also been ineffective in the case of Abrahimsadeh