How many battered women press charges against their abuser?

Not enough!! The thing that most women are afraid of when pressing charges is that their abuser will come after them. It is very difficult to get away from one because the abuser get to your self esteem , self confidence, the abuser breaks every obstcale that would cause his/her behavior to become known. The other side of this situation would be that the law does not do enough to protect the ones getting abused. One thing that should be changed in these situation is the fact that the abuser has to do something in order for a restraining order to be effective. When the law is called, they iether take too long to get there or the abuser is gone before the police arrive. I also believe that when it is shown that women have been in an abusive relationship, and they take the law into there own hands, there should not be a strict sentence imposed upon them when they go to court. Folks, enough is enough and this is why the children of such relationships become violent sometimes. This comes from my experience with this type of relatonship.