According to the Domestic Violence Crisis Center:
"Reducing Domestic Violence Dual Arrests:
The Importance of Including a Primary Aggressor Provision in Connecticut’s Mandatory Arrest Law
Dual Arrests in Connecticut are Unacceptably High
Connecticut has the unwelcome distinction of having the highest domestic violence dual arrest rate in the nation.[1] Although Connecticut’s domestic violence dual arrest rate shows slight discrepancies each year, we know with a good degree of certainty that our domestic violence dual arrest rate has hovered between 20% to 40% from 1988 to the present.[2] That news is particularly grim when compared with a Department of Justice study which indicates that the national rate for intimate partner violence arrests is closer to 3.8%.[3] The picture is equally dismal when Connecticut is compared with our neighboring states. In 2007, for example, Rhode Island’s dual arrest rate was between 2-5%.[4] Recent research has examined the factors that may account for the stark contrast in dual arrest rates between Connecticut and the rest of the nation. Of these factors, the most compelling is the effect of Connecticut’s mandatory arrest law without a companion primary aggressor provision..."
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This is why domestic violence victims won't call the police, and one more reason why women lose custody in CT courts to the abuser. Why won't the Statewide Task Force look at these things? Who is holding these changes up? They are never going to get women and children to report DV at the doctor or the school unless they change the laws to protect women who are trying to separate from their abuser through the family courts. Why are they wasting their time? Why won't they do something?
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