Malpractice occurs every time that I fail to ask the questions. We need to make sure that risk assessment and safety planning happens. We need to lobby for every community to have a safe and child-friendly visitation center or at a minimum, for every county to have one. If you don't get a response from a social service agency that is appropriate in terms of protection, keep asking for the next supervisor up. If the system doesn't respond, leave a message that your next stop is a television station or a newspaper.
Women hesitate to act because of fear of losing their children.
Outreach and focus is on women virtually ignoring the men. Men must be integrated into the services system. Integration is key. Lawyers for children must become leaders in sensitizing courts to the impact of D.V. on children. Get aggressive with government employees who are not doing their jobs.