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Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor:
$89.97
INTRODUCTION When domestic violence (DV) became a public issue in the mid to late 1970s, there was virtually no research available. The court system, like any institution, had to develop practices to respond to DV cases based on the assumption that were prevalent at the time. The courts relied on the belief that DVwas caused by mental illness, substance abuse and the actions of the victim. They believed children were unaffected by the abuse of their mothers unless the children were directly assaulted; that only physical abuse mattered; and that the danger ended, or at least significantly reduced, once the parties separated. All of these assumptions have proven to be wrong, but the custody courts continue to rely on practices based on outdated and discredited beliefs.
