Orders are used as strategic tools.
Fraudulent orders enable violent women.
Rather than receiving treatment for her violent behavior, Stewart s wife has been treated as a victim of domestic violence. She has been given the confusing message that even though she is violent, she is a still a victim. Innocent are lumped with truly violent offenders. No distinction is made between violations that endanger the abused and mere technical violations, such as attempting to speak to one s children on the phone. All of Stewart s alleged violations are of the latter kind.