Heather Locklear Domestic Violence Essay

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On a Sunday night in her home in Thousand Oaks, California actress Heather Locklear is arrested for domestic abuse against her boyfriend whose name was not mentioned by police. “The victim of the alleged domestic violence was a boyfriend who had a physical injury, which makes the offense a felony…” In Heather’s past she has been arrested for past instances of substance abuse and another domestic abuse case with a previous partner going by the name of Jack Wagner. This reveals a history of aggressive crimes and what could be considered the root of it all although it was not clarified whether alcohol was involved in either case. This current act of domestic abuse against her current partner is a clear example of reactive aggression.
As mentioned earlier Heather Locklear’s act of domestic abuse is an example of reactive aggression. Reactive aggression is “aggressive behavior where the means and the …show more content…

Heather’s brother walked in and called the police after he witnessed his sister and her boyfriend fighting. When police came they labeled this as a case of domestic abuse due to the fact that in the alleged police report and in the article it stated that “We're told cops observed that the boyfriend had a visible mark…” thus indicating that there was physical contact during the argument which was most likely done by Heather while she was in a fit of rage in the heat of the moment. As police where discussing the incident it was said that Heather began to act aggressive towards authorities and was now being charged with battery for attacking 3 officers on top of the domestic abuse. Police checked her history to find her previous incidents involving the confrontation she had with her ex Jack Wagner and her DUI’s and substance abuse charges. Nothing else was said about the situation but that she was released on $20k bail and had a court hearing last month on March

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