Domestic_Violence

Domestic Violence Discretion and Domestic Violence In the following text a story is told about a husband and wife and an instance of intervention by a law enforcement officer. Children are also present in this example, however it is unclear if they were involved in the abuse. Three questions have been asked regarding the story. How much discretion should an officer have when deciding how to handle domestic violence' How can police discretion be controlled' How would I, as a police officer, handle this incident' Over the pages following this recount of domestic violence, we will look at the topic of police discretion and domestic violence, and discuss the relationship between the two. A police officer responds to a call of domestic violence. The home is located in a poor, working class part of Big City where most residents are immigrants and in the country illegally. Upon arrival, the officer contacts the victim who tells him that she and her husband had an argument, but she no longer needs the police. The officer sees that the woman has a red and slightly swollen face and has been crying. He asks the woman for permission to enter the residence. When she officer, violence, victim, husband, domestic, discretion, should, abuser, abuse, police, arrest, situation, incident, children, wife, law, both, enforcement, been, home, handle, story, regarding, physical, officers, injuries, cycle, against, after, work, woman, three, tells, questions, parties