Correlation? Protection order requests skyrocket during festival time
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Authorities at the Family Support Network (FSN) believe there is a correlation between domestic violence and the annual emancipation festivities in the British Virgin Islands.
Administrative Assistant at FSN Deidra Massicote pointed out the correlation while noting the increase in requests for protection orders around the time of festival.
Massicote said the FSN usually receives the majority of its domestic violence-related cases for the year during the festival season.
“We see that pattern every year,” Massicote said. “In the last two days, we handled about four protection orders.”
While she was unable to provide statistics, Massicote said females are usually the ones filing protection orders against their partners.
Effectively, a protection or a restraining order is a civil court order issued to prevent continuing acts of family violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, or stalking.
People consume more alcohol
Meanwhile, Director of the FSN Sasha Stoutt sought to explain the reasons behind the hike in protection orders during festival.
Stoutt said one reason is increase alcohol consumption at festival time.
“Festival is a great time. It is fun but you still have personal issues and that spills into it if you are drinking all the time – you are going to be a lot less like yourself,” she explained.
She said another possible reason hinges on jealousy.
“You might have jealousy issues, your girlfriend is going out all the time – those things happen,” she said.
Emancipation festivities usually kick off around late July to early August.
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Really?
What nonsense them talking!!!!!
Listen…..domestic violence occurs every day….say it happens more publicly during festival and therefore it is more likely to be reported……but if you all actually take real stats including them men than get abused by their women…..the figure remains the same before, during, and after the festivities.
the complex need ac the workers suffering in the summer heat
But At least you are not under a tent. In any event stick to the issue and channel that else where.
I just read that domestic violence reports in the UK soared last night after England lost in the world cup match Events do make a difference
Festivities = more alcohol. Boom. More violence. It happens around the world.
i respectfully disagree with you and would like to remind you that freedom of speech means i have a right to express my opinion