Safe house opens in Vojvodina town

How many shelters are needed? What about changing the law in such a way that the persuaders have to leave the family house, f.e. to prison? Why are victims the ones that have to leave their known situation?

marijana,
good valid point.
i do think that part of the reason might be that there hasn't necessarily been wrong doing on anybody's part. By that i suspect that there are cases where a husband hasn't actually done harm, nor directly threatened to do harm, but the wife might feel uncomfortable in the house. in such a case it is wrong to ask the husband to leave, and so the the wife must leave.
but beside that rather contrived scenario safety of the wife (or abused) is paramount. it is easier to keep the wife (abused) safe by puting her in a 'safe house' such that the abusers do not know the location, and if they find it out would have to get passed a door guard. if she were to stay at home, she wouldn't get the protection she would get at a safe house. police officers cannot be asked to guard her house, nor can she likely afford it.

even though it is a less intrusive idea to have the abused (wife) maintain the shared residence, it is safer for her to leave. and any conserns about drastic changes are miniscule compared to the drastic change of seperation both wife and potential children would have to deal with.

How many shelters are needed? What about changing the law in such a way that the persuaders have to leave the family house, f.e. to prison? Why are victims the ones that have to leave their known situation?

marijana,
good valid point.
i do think that part of the reason might be that there hasn't necessarily been wrong doing on anybody's part. By that i suspect that there are cases where a husband hasn't actually done harm, nor directly threatened to do harm, but the wife might feel uncomfortable in the house. in such a case it is wrong to ask the husband to leave, and so the the wife must leave.
but beside that rather contrived scenario safety of the wife (or abused) is paramount. it is easier to keep the wife (abused) safe by puting her in a 'safe house' such that the abusers do not know the location, and if they find it out would have to get passed a door guard. if she were to stay at home, she wouldn't get the protection she would get at a safe house. police officers cannot be asked to guard her house, nor can she likely afford it.

even though it is a less intrusive idea to have the abused (wife) maintain the shared residence, it is safer for her to leave. and any conserns about drastic changes are miniscule compared to the drastic change of seperation both wife and potential children would have to deal with.