Current laws regarding domestic violence were influenced by each of the following EXCEPT

A. the movement for gender equality
B. Police programs to counsel male wife batterers
C. The ideological shift toward punitiveness in criminal justice
D. Growing awareness of the large volume of domestic assaults and serious injuries


ANSWER: B

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