Difference between revisions of "Family Violence"

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 If you have suffered family violence, call the police; nothing will happen until you do. If there is evidence of abuse, the police can arrest the abuser and may take him or her into <span class="noglossary">custody</span>. To find out more about what the police can do, you may wish to read [http://www.lss.bc.ca/publications/pub.php?pub=379 Getting Help from the Police or RCMP] and
-[http://resources.lss.bc.ca/pdfs/pubs/Surviving-Relationship-Violence-and-Abuse-eng.pdf Surviving Relationship Violence and Abuse]. You can ask the police to take you and your children to a safe place, such as a
+[http://resources.lss.bc.ca/pdfs/pubs/Surviving-Relationship-Violence-and-Abuse-eng.pdf Surviving Relationship Violence and Abuse].
-safe house, transition house, or a friend or relative’s home.
 If the abuser is taken into <span class="noglossary">custody</span>, he or she will stay there until a judge is able to speak to him or her. Most of the time, he or she will be released from <span class="noglossary">custody</span> until the trial date following the <span class="noglossary">brief</span> hearing, and the <span class="noglossary">release</span> will be on specific terms and conditions set out in a document called a ''Recognizance'' or an ''Undertaking''.