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Getting the police involved based on someone's emotional state seems like a mistake. How could you possibly measure such a thing with any objectivity?
by tsotha 11y ago
Getting the police involved based on someone's emotional state seems like a mistake. How could you possibly measure such a thing with any objectivity?
- pron 11y agoYou don't need to. First, you hardly measure anything in the justice system objectively. That's why you have judges -- to use judgement. Second, you can measure the effects the distress has on one's life -- e.g. being unable to get out of the house, being startled by noises etc. -- and you get an expert opinion from a professional. There are harder things to measure in court cases.