Mandatory counseling is where the abuser will immediately be put in counseling once convicted. Mandatory counseling will help the abuser accept their accountability and help realize that abuse is a choice, not a life-long solution. Mandatory counseling will help change the abuser's actions.
To create this law we must have the Legislative Branch ensure that this law will benefit our community. Judicial Branch will then interpret the law and determine its constitutionally.
Advantages & Disadvantages
Advantages
Now you might be asking "How is mandatory counseling helping our community and also help the abuser realize what they are doing is wrong?" Mandatory counseling is important because requiring abusers to do this helps them realize their patterns and figure out their lives and what they are doing isn't okay at all.
Mandatory counseling helps change the abuser behavior and have accountability for their action. When we say accountability we mean abusers acknowledge their behavior and take responsibility instead of harming their partner or anybody. Studies show that abusers can change even though the process will be hard. Abusers can find it hard to process that they need to change, but the abusers are they ones that have control whether they change or not. We found all this in "Center for prevention of abusers"
Also mandatory counseling can also help the abuser realize they don't have the power or control of anybody, but instead realize they could communicate with their partner and have a healthy relationship and realize equality.
Counseling could help manage anger or any harsh feelings they might be having. Having mandatory counseling also shows how abuse is a CRIME not a solution to relationship issues, showing this could have the abuser motivated on having behavioral changes.
We completed an interview with someone for more information and they actually support mandatory counseling, they mention that they abuser is able to change with the right helpers to help them change.
Disadvantages
" Wow Mandatory counseling isn't as helpful if it has a cons list." Many may say, but everything we do, every action, and every law will always have a cons list no matter how great it might be. Now many abuser might not want to change their behavior and may only participant to avoid or have less jail time.
Also there might be some abusers who abuse under different emotions, most are being mad and having mental health problems, but that is not for all of them. Some might do it out of curiosity, personal problems or even out of joy. Counseling might not talk about these emotions and automatically say it's out of anger.
Now people may ask "Does this violate the abuser rights?" Well actually it doesn't, the abusers may think this reduces their freedom and independence but instead is a legal way to get the abusers the help they need.
Couple therapy does not work because couples therapy is generally ineffective and dangerous in domestic violence (D.V) cases because it requires equal power and accountability, which are absent when abuse exists. It often enables the abuser to manipulate the therapist, blame the victim, and creates a high risk of retaliation against the victim for speaking out. Mandatory counseling is way more different than couple therapy, mandatory counseling helps the abuser take accountability of their actions and make sure they change for good. Not making the relationship not a problem.