我國傳統父權社會下，男女地位不平等，女性過去經常處於男性控制中，然而隨著女性意識覺醒，女性不再甘心受男性權力支配亦不再繼續隱忍對方之暴力行為。為防制家庭暴力事件，《家庭暴力防治法》終於立法完成，其中民事保護令制度提供被害人尋求保護之途徑，只是本法建立立意良善卻仍舊無法遏止我國家庭暴力之發生，甚至在被害人聲請民事保護令後，等待法院審理核發前仍然繼續受到加害人暴力行為侵害。本研究發現，被害人舉證遭受家庭暴力之困難、法院無法迅速審理核發民事保護令、專業人員人力不足及保護令核發前被害人之安置等皆係造成保護令空窗期之原因。因此，關於民事保護令法院審理核發之問題有深入探討之必要。在研究過程中發現，被害人獲准核發民事保護令後並無法完全遏止加害人繼續對其施行家庭暴力行為，故本研究透過探討我國及外國保護令之規範及實務上之作法，建議擴充專業人員以減少其業務量，且積極落實分工合作網絡，並培養處理人員之專業知識，准許警察機關或社工人員核發民事保護令以縮減審理時間，而對於當事人方面則仰賴社會福利機構定期追蹤加害人與被害人之狀況，並提高加害人之罰則，以降低加害人再犯率及保障被害人人身安全，期許改善我國實務上運行之缺失，並就不足加以補正，使民事保護令之核發能真正有效發揮其效用。In the traditional society, women are always under men’s control. As women are aware of their right, they no longer bear domestic violence. To decrease domestic violence, “Domestic Violence Prevention Act” is built up to protect the victims. Although the Act is established with good intention, the number of domestic violence doesn’t obviously diminish. The victim is still hit by the abused after petitioning for a civil protection order. Waiting for the judge to issue a civil protection order becomes a window period for the victim to get protected. There are four points found that leads to the issuance window period of civil protection orders in this study. First, it’s difficult for the victim to approve the facts of being injured by the abused. Second, the judge doesn’t issue the civil protection orders to the victim rapidly. Third, it takes too much time to investigate the facts of domestic violence because of the lack of professional staves. Fourth, it is important to protect the victims from being hurt again before they get civil protection orders. In the process of study, we found that it can’t completely stop the abused from assaulting the victims after the court allow to issue the civil protection orders. As a result, this study gives some suggestions which referring to foreign provisions of protection orders and practical courses of action. The following suggestions are: (1) Take on more professionals to reduce the volume of business; (2) Improve the personnel’s expertise; (3) Cooperate with each department; (4) Permit police or social workers to issue civil protection orders; (5) Follow-up the status of the abused and the victim regularly; (6) Burden the abused with stiffer penalties to reduce the recidivism rate of domestic violence.
