Police are frequently called in when there is an incident of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). The battered women victims
A) are insistent on seeing to it that batterers are arrested when they call the police
B) are most satisfied with a police policy of always arresting the batterer when called
C) frequently fail to press charges against a batterer who was arrested
D) are rarely arrested even if they had also battered their partners

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Many victims of intimate partner violence often do not press charges against their batterers due to various reasons such as fear of retaliation, emotional attachment, or economic dependence.

Police Are Frequently Called in When There Is an Incident