like this is that they have a sense of justification. they, in their way of viewing male-female relationships, the woman becomes a possession, and she is -- she belongs to that man just as he owns a 1995 ford escort. that's his property. if he wants to go out to kick the tires on the ford escort, he can do that. if he wants to slam the doors on it, if it doesn't start the way he wants it to, he could do that. >> he'd be standing on the corner watching him go to work and an hour or two later, he would watch me go to work, and he would just be standing on the corner at the end of the development just standing there like, okay, dad's gone, mom's gone. she's by herself now. >> diane and vince mounted a letter-writing campaign to the police, the court system and joe's probation officer. >> i tried to get the police to do something, and they're like, he's standing across the street. he rode by. what do you want us to do?