THE POINT OF NO RETURN: THE FAMILY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ONDO STATE.

ABSTRACT purpose of this study was to investigate the point of no return: The family domestic . in Ondo State. The target populations for this research study will be one hundred .d married man and women in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Simple m sampling technique was used to select married man and married women in Ondo West Government Area of Ondo State for this study. The sampled population for this study will hundred married man and women selected at random. A self-structured questionnaire on »w :: of no return: The family domestic violence in Ondo State. By the researcher, research ■ :ants will be used for data collection. The participants will respond to the questionnaire by .. ting the preferred answer. The researcher was personally administered the questionnaire to . espondents. One hundred (100) copies of the questionnaire will be administered to the -ctpondents and 100% were retrieved making. All were analyzed for the study. Data obtained ■ m the filled questionnaire was used to analyzed using frequency counts and mean (x) in line : die four likert scale. Based on the results of the findings it was concluded that there is a .... to reverse mandatory arrest laws to state, an officer “may” arrest rather than “shall” ' t. Coupled with this is the need to eliminate attempts to designate one person, primarily the ' - • - as the primary aggressor. Finally, it was recommended that there is the need to create 'areness at these for a to underscore the fact that domestic violence in the home serves as a ..ding ground for violence in the larger society, hence community's response has become ’ perative to reduce it to the barest minimum and there is need to regard domestic violence from ■ - ychological perspective rather than a socio-cultural perspective should be emphasized.