Domestic Violence Homicide-suicide: Expanding Intervention through Mental Health Law
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 I. Domestic Violence and the Current Law Enforcement Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 R A. Inadequate Domestic Violence Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 R B. Weak Constitutional Guarantees for Protective Order Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 R C. GPS Monitoring and Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 R II. Applying the Mental Health Paradigm to Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 R A. The Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Mental Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 R B. Mental Health Seizures and High-Risk Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 R III. Creating an Obligation to Enforce Through Mental Health Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557 R A. Expanding Law Enforcement’s Duty to Care . . . . . . . . . . . 557 R B. The Americans with Disabilities Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 R C. Applying the Mental Health Paradigm to Restraining Order Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 R IV. Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 R A. Recognizing the Seriousness of Domestic Violence . . . . . 563 R B. Prioritizing Batterers’ Care? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 R C. Burden on the Victim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 R D. Practical Limitations of Mental Health Care . . . . . . . . . . 565 R Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 R
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