The Nation - News from Dec. 8, 1986

Judges should take a tougher stand in handling domestic violence cases by barring defendants from their own homes more frequently, a federal study concluded. The report by the National Institute of Justice said that courts should do a better job of protecting domestic violence victims by requiring that the accused person stay away during the period before a trial. The study said that the victim in a domestic violence case is “especially vulnerable during the pretrial period, when the defendant may try to retaliate.”