Domestic Violence in the Military

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer notes that domestic violence is a problem that is dominating many families in the world today and points out that it has high instances of occurring in military families. The writer discusses that these high occurrences are due to such factors as substance abuse, age, low economic status, and hardships of the family. The writer then discusses that the military is taking an active role in putting many programs in place to make sure that their personnel and families of their personnel are informed about abuse and the consequences it can have on military careers and family members. The writer concludes that there is a no tolerance policy for domestic abuse in the military world today and many programs have already stopped potential abuse from occurring and have also punished the abusers who still feel it necessary to abuse their families.

From the Paper:

"The FAS is an identification, intervention, and treatment program. This program is to identify the problems with the individual, whether it is substance abuse or another type of problem. While under FAS supervision, the abuser does not have the right to confidentiality, so whatever the individual tells the counselor may be used as evidence against them during military proceedings. The case is different if the abused is military and the abuser is civilian. The military can turn the information over to local law enforcement, but the only action that the military can take is to bar the civilian from the military base. If domestic violence is conducted off base by active duty personnel, local law enforcement has jurisdiction to handle the case but does not have to turn over any information to the military. Currently the DoD is working to get this changed so that local law enforcement will work together in informing the local military so that actions for the abuser can be taken within the military as well. These are just a few ways that the government is setting up programs to help prevent and to stop domestic violence."

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