I recently spoke to an individual—she's asked me not to mention her name, so I'll respect that—from my riding whose mother was continually abused, and the husband was also abusing the children. She reported it to the police. The police came in and arrested the individual. However, because it was, according to them, the first time she had reported it, he was let out on bail. He went back to the home that he had been ordered to not go back to and almost beat the mother to a pulp, along with one of the children, who stepped in to try to save their mother.
How can we protect women from these types of crimes? They're afraid to report them. They're afraid that if they report them, things are going to get worse.