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Legal Remedial Alternatives For Spouse Abuse In Texas, Gerald S. Reamey
Legal Remedial Alternatives For Spouse Abuse In Texas, Gerald S. Reamey
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There are numerous civil and criminal legal alternatives available in Texas for dealing with abuse between adult cohabitants. Current and proposed systems may protect victims more effectively and deter abusers, and empirical studies can reveal the direction legal systems should take to pinpoint the flaws and shortcomings in present legal responses to abuse.
The difficulty of assessing the extent of spousal abuse increases the difficulty of finding an effective legal remedy. Abuse, like rape, is far less likely to be reported than other crimes. In addition, spousal abuse is hard to define in any meaningful statistical manner because of the …