Domestic violence affects all walks of life — parents, children, partners and ex-lovers can either be the accused or victim of family violence.A royal commission into domestic and family violence in South Australia opens for submissions on its issues paper today.
"It's a matter of dealing with each different person as they come before the court, and understanding what their particular circumstances are."The courtroom is like any other in the busy Angas St building, situated at the southern end of Victoria Square, except the alleged abusers and respondents take a seat alongside their lawyer – if they have one – at the bar table.
He plans to return to the city motel where he and his wife have been staying – albeit in separate rooms – and catch the same flight home the following morning where he is ordered to live separately from his wife. Some men are directed to attend an abuse prevention program which aims to teach them to "behave safely in relationships".Also appearing before Mr Jensen on an intervention order is a migrant who arrived in Australia more than 15 years ago.
The man is handed a brochure which describes the initiative as "an opportunity for you to learn how to change your thinking and behaviour so you can aim towards achieving respectful relationships in your life". Her lawyer tells the court a "very narrow and unique set of circumstances" led to the offending and involved a friend sending the woman an image of her ex-husband – with whom she had been trying to reconcile with – with another woman.
He is accused of an assault against his daughter and admits he has a drinking problem. He is worried he will fall back into those bad habits, because there are regular drinkers in the share house where he resides. The man – who is represented by a lawyer – nervously twitches his hands as his lawyer tells the court the allegations against his client are denied and he has concerns about "the motives" behind the allegations. He will return to court later in the year.
"You can't really give up on anybody, there's always the opportunity that they will rehabilitate ... they've just got to get to the place where they realise that there's different choices that they can make," he says.
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