Dear Moderators and List Members, I want to recommend an option to end violent behaviour of husbands. From 1989 to 1993, I was Director of Khmer Police Training School of UNBRO in Site 2 Camp (a refugee camp in Thailand). I trained 2000 Khmer police officers there. At that time we modified a procedure of police work relating to domestic violence. When a woman comes to police station or police officer sees a violence, police officers can stop the fighting. If the victim has been injured police can arrest the husband. The victim can file criminal charges against her husband or police also can charge him if they have strong evidence or the injury is serious. However, the woman can withdraw the charge at anytime but police can proceed the case if they are sure that they will win the case without the testimony of the wife. In most cases, the woman always come to police station the next morning and asks the police chief to release her husband. If the case is the first time, most police chiefs agree to release him but ask him to make a vow or agreement not to beat his wife anymore and explain him that his act is a crime.
Within a couple months, the number of domestic violence and battery in general decreased. However, we need to modify police procedures and train the police well. In particular, corruption should be avoided. Thanks, Sok Sam Oeun Director, Cambodian Defenders Project (CDP) ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
