Overview of Presentation

• I am (student name).

• Domestic and family violence is a heinous crime of the society. There are certain service providers of the community who help to address this crime.

• Today I will be discussing the role of two key service providers, who work in response for the heinous social issue of domestic and family violence.

• The police

• The court

Roles of police and court

Police

• key frontline services

• Preventing violence

• helping victims

• emergency protection of a disabled person

• arresting the perpetrators

Court

• service institution by government

• Resolve through legal process

• justice to the victim

• strict punishment to the perpetrators as per the law

• maintain the rule of law

Similarities in Approaches to DFV

• Saving the victims of domestic and family violence

• integrated approach of law enforcement

• identify the perpetrators of violence against disable family member

• Follows the judicial system and the rule of law

• Provides support to the victims

• Punishes the perpetrators

• Collect evidence of crime

• Survivors would gain freedom from torture and justice

• Perpetrators will face consequences of their criminal activity

Differences in Approaches to DFV

• Police -law enforcing agency , Courts -part of the countries or state’s judicial system

• Police takes necessary actions on an immediate basis by arresting perpetrators of family and domestic violence and saving the victim from the location

• Courts are the finders of data on the causes of violence and determine the innocence or the guilt of the accused

• Courts hear the cases that are filed the police on domestic and family violence over disabled individuals

• Police testify statement of the court while the court decides the final verdict.

• Police will give immediate life saving service to victims and immediate arrest for the perpetrators

• Court will give permanent solution to victim and lifelong imprisonment to perpetrator.

Potential Challenges in Working with people with disability

• Disability is the major challenge

• Lack of collection of data from the disabled victim in case of hearing impairment or blindness or speech disorder

• Potential challenges for courts is to decide justice in case the victims has the disability of mental retardation

• Reports of domestic and family abuse towards disabled people are not been lodged, most of the time

Conclusion

• Both police and courts have vital roles to play for addressing cases of domestic and family violence

• Court provides the permanent solution

• Police provides emergency service

• However, I feel that role of police is must important since police provides quick and emergency serve by arresting the perpetrators to save the victim.

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