Pros And Cons Of Mandatory Tigarrest

Mandatory arrest laws were put into place in efforts of deterring and reducing the amount of activity in regards to domestic violence. However, recent research has shown that domestic violence arrest rates are higher than what they were when they had first implemented such practices. Domestic violence can be seen as being a very complex and complicated issue within our society. We have issues with what can or is considered domestic violence due to the following types of relationships that are becoming more recognizable such as pre-marital intimate relationships, same sex relationships, blood relatives, and relationships where children are abused. Does mandatory arrest actually help with limiting or reducing the amount of domestic violence within our society today?
A main issue with mandatory arrest is that, it is up to police discretion on whom they will arrest at that moment in time. The criminal justice system has often only addressed married couples when it
comes to domestic violence and, officers can often struggle in incidents involving blood relatives, and other non traditional personal or intimate relationships. Male victims who may be assumed to be the offender in the incident are arrested at times. The increase of arrests within the female population can be viewed as an issue with mandatory arrest. The removal of either parent or sometimes both parents which is known as dual arrest, from the home can leave the children left behind in a very poor and unstable situation. In addition, most victims often do not wish for their significant other to be arrested or, are afraid to leave due to believing that they may be in more danger than if they were to just remain in the household.
Mandatory arrest in regards to domestic violence is supposed to aid the victim in removing the abuser from the home even if it is for a temporary amount of time. Professional services are offered to the deemed victim in efforts of trying to aid the victim to possibly leave the situation. The types of professional services that are offered to victims range from finding a place to live or stay, counseling services and legal advice and assistance with restraining orders. Due to a large amount of victims not actually realizing that they are indeed victims, mandatory arrest can aid in helping educate the victim what is deemed to be domestic violence and how they could perhaps avoid the situation again.
In conclusion, I do believe in the basis behind mandatory arrest when it comes to domestic violence however, I know that believing is not enough to stand behind an item especially if it is not working.
I feel the negatives outweigh the positives in this particular case, removing the abuser from the home can be a good thing yes however, removing an abuser who then in return becomes more upset and returns home because most of the offenses are only deemed misdemeanors to again abuse his partner does not seem beneficial to me. Having both guardians removed due to being arrests can have negative effects on children, the children that are left behind are often placed into group homes or with other relatives or neighbors. At times the children do not understand what is happening and only that they are being moved from place to place. In addition to this, most victims fail to press charges or keep up court appointments or restraining orders so in essence, the situation becomes a vicious cycle of
repetitiveness.