Assume a scenario where a husband has a long history of physical abuse toward his wife and children. The wife's order of protection and previous complaints to the police have not stopped the abuse. One night, the wife shoots the husband in his sleep. Examine this scenario from the perspectives of "victim blaming," "victim defending," and "system blaming."
What will be an ideal response?
Victim blaming would argue the wife should have left him when the abuse began. She facilitated the crime by staying with her abusive husband. Victim defending would argue no one is to blame for having violent crimes committed against them. System blaming would take the angle of arguing the criminal justice system did not do its job of protecting the wife, noting the wife did attempt to stop the violence through the orders of protection and the complaints to the police
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