In a general sense, protection orders are used to protect individuals that are victims of domestic violence (Gosselin, 2013, pg. 336). Protection orders are said to decrease intimate partner physical violence, generally decreasing the abuser from doing any more harm to the victim. (Gosselin, 2013, 336). They are said to be safe in protecting the victim from any harassment, contact, physical abuse, and etc., from the abuser (Gosselin, 2013, pg. 336). Despite the good intentions of this order, I do not believe that protection orders truly prevent intimate partner violence 100%. At the end of day, protection orders are just as good as the victim allows it to be, by doing exactly what they are told to do. Also, it is just as good as the abuser
