It provides safe houses, shelters, and advocacy programs. The safe houses are in secret locations so the victim can get away from the abuser and relocated. Shelters provide long term shelter for the victim and the children and provide therapy. Advocacy programs help the victim to reestablish a new life and any legal resources necessary to keep the victim safe (Huss, 2013).
Criminal justice interventions includes psychological help and incarceration of the perpetrators. One process of criminal justice interventions is mandatory arrests. Mandatory arrests are made when the police arrive at the scene of domestic violence situation. Another process is a protective order which mandates that one party stays away from the other. This may require the perpetrator to stay so many feet away from the victim. Retraining orders are also used and may require the same as a protective order but also require such things as child support or child custody (Huss,