@MeddlingAmerican
#9329922
There are still some problems with it.
Calling the police is a game over for the relationship. Many people are not ready to end their relationship because of one fact of the abuse("He was just drunk, when he's sober he's so nice and kind and I love him so much" etc.). Thus, harsher punishment will lesser the chance the abuse will be reported.
Penitentiary system in Russia is flawed, the punishment part of it heavily outweighs the correction and rehabilitation one. Thus, judges will tend to solve the abuse problem by simply giving harsher sentences than calling for the rehabilitation. And having a crime record can be a "black mark" for the rest of life.
There is a huge distrust for the police in our society. No one will let the people they don't trust inside their personal life, it will be viewed as intrusion and we will get the victim siding with the abuser against the police. This problem will get bigger when the police will have to be more intrusive as the law demands("I just wanted you to stop him, not putting him in jail, you morons" etc.). Also, it is unwise to give the police more power that it can abuse.
Etc.
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@MeddlingAmerican
#9329922
There are still some problems with it.
Calling the police is a game over for the relationship. Many people are not ready to end their relationship because of one fact of the abuse("He was just drunk, when he's sober he's so nice and kind and I love him so much" etc.). Thus, harsher punishment will lesser the chance the abuse will be reported.
Penitentiary system in Russia is flawed, the punishment part of it heavily outweighs the correction and rehabilitation one. Thus, judges will tend to solve the abuse problem by simply giving harsher sentences than calling for the rehabilitation. And having a crime record can be a "black mark" for the rest of life.
There is a huge distrust for the police in our society. No one will let the people they don't trust inside their personal life, it will be viewed as intrusion and we will get the victim siding with the abuser against the police. This problem will get bigger when the police will have to be more intrusive as the law demands("I just wanted you to stop him, not putting him in jail, you morons" etc.). Also, it is unwise to give the police more power that it can abuse.
Etc.