Domestic Violence and Firearms: Reflections of a Prosecutor  

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Gwinn, Casey

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Evaluation Review vol. 30 no. 3 (Jun. 2006), page 237-244.
Fulltext: 237.pdf (72.82KB)

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When “Yvette” first called the police on Michael, she did not mention guns. She was angry, frustrated, and scared. She had been abused for more than a year and a half. She also feared he had abused his daughters, but she did not see any sexual or physical violence during her relationship with him. Finally, after a very unhealthy 2-year relationship, she left him and obtained a restraining order when he tried to pursue her. The first time she called the police, it was to report a violation of the restraining order—phone calls. The second time, it was a violation of the restraining order—driving by her work. Each time police arrived, “Michael,” her boyfriend and a 3rd-year law student, was nowhere to be found. The third time she called, she thought he was near her work. San Diego police officers responded and found him lying down in the front seat of his car around the corner from her work at 8:00 in the morning. Officers knocked on the window. He pretended to be asleep. After they got him out of the car, they asked him what he was doing there. He said he had driven his daughter to work and then became sleepy. Officers told him of the restraining order. He said he was more than 100 yards away from Yvette’s work. One officer told him that Yvette was scared of him and he needed to stop harassing her. Michael paused for a moment and then said, “She has no reason to be afraid of me. If I was going to kill her, I would use my high-powered scope on a hunting rifle, and she would never know what hit her. But I am not going to hurt her.”

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