Does arresting batterers do more harm than good? For this debate my side is the con and I will give ideas and support to their views. Before I get started I just want to say that I dont condone husbands beating their wives at all, and many others feel the same way. Battering is a learn behavior you are accountable for your own actions and must face the serve consequences ahead. Many people believe that what is happening in there own home is unique but it is not because it occurs in all family households all over the world. In one survey one quarter (25%) of United States couples report at least one incident of physical aggression occurring between them during the course of their relationship. Physical and emotional abuse of a partner or family member is never o.k. but has we learned in class that some societies allow it and see it has being ok. Domestic Violence is a major social problem that we face today has a society and it is hard to solve because it is hidden and not reported much. Cops are not trained in domestic violence disputes so for them the answer is just to arrest and send the guy to jail is that the best solution? The women have the choice of leaving and starting a whole knew life but its not has simply has it sounds. These men put fear in their minds and in most cases for some odd reason things women still stay with them because they say they still love them and want to be with them. Its one of those issues that when dealt with its a hard task to approach and solve. There are many people involve you have the children to think about so its hard to please all the partys but something has to be done either jail time or treatment programs.From the cons point of view they like to look at other ways of dealing with batterers than just sending them to jail. By locking them up, law enforcement has taken the easy way out of dealing with the issue. We should be trying to get to the root of all the problems and see w...
