CJ_333_Unit_8_Assignment.docx CJ-333 Laws on Domestic Violence Purdue University Glob

CJ_333_Unit_8_Assignment.docx    CJ-333  Laws on Domestic Violence  Purdue University Global  Introduction  Domestic violence (DV) is a criminal act in which offenders must be held accountable for. To combat this problem. State and federal laws have been set in place to make sure justice is serve. One of the many statutes that California set into place, penal code section 273.6, covers what is considered a violation to a restraining order and what happens when the order is violated. A common federal law is the Lautenberg Amendment, an extension of the Gun Control Act of  1968, covers gun control and the criminal acts that prohibit a convicted offenders of possessing a firearm.  State Law on Domestic Violence  A restraining is ordered by the court and is set to protect the person filing (petitioner) from harm by their aggressor. “An order enjoining a party from harassing, intimidating, molesting, attacking, striking, stalking, threatening, sexually assaulting, battering, abusing, telephoning, including, but not limited to… coming within a specified distance of, or disturbing the peace of, the petitioner.” (Civil procedure, n.d) What happens when the aggressor violates the restraining order (also call protective order)? California penal code section 273.6(a) states that “any intentional and knowing violation of a protective order, as defined in… is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by