Well, these are obviously very complex situations. Certainly Ms. Kennedy could speak from her experience working directly with victims. But I would suppose that there are a number of personal dilemmas when families and children are placed in a position in which they have to talk about whether dad goes to jail, and that it would be quite difficult.
We know that in many cases these children still have feelings towards the harming parent. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's in their best interest to keep that unit in the same capacity.