Perhaps, things are different now. But, back in the nineties, I had a very close friend whose wife was exceedingly violent. This was shortly before I went through another ex-pat phase. I personally witnessed her striking him, on the head, with a half full bottle of Crystal. Large gash, if memory serves me correctly, sixteen stitches. One night, she went at him again, this time I wasn't present, raking him from his forehead across his eyes .. to the ear. Instinctually, he backhanded her. She dials 911. Police came. He was a bloody mess with one eye swollen shut. She was drunk. He hadn't had a drop of alcohol. Off to the monkey house HE went .... not a thing was done to her.