Re:Google+ invite lands man in jail
by king_jester on Thursday January 09, 2014 @12:03PM
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This is very good info. This highlights that the notion that men or women getting restraining orders to get back at a former partner isn't the primary motivation for getting a TRO or RO like the parent claimed.
Re:Google+ invite lands man in jail
by dredmorbius on Thursday January 09, 2014 @07:15PM
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"A common strategy" and "the primary motivation" aren't the same thing. The revenge / inconvenience / embarrassment / cost factor does come into play, however.
http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/ortner/docs/sorenson_doc2.pdf
Each year, more than one million people in the United States obtain restraining orders for intimate partner rape, physical assault, or stalking (Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). An estimated 18.9% of the more than 5 million U.S. women and 4.3% of the more than 3 million U.S. men who are physically abused, raped, or stalked by an intimate partner each year seek and are granted a restraining order.