Abstract: Domestic violence usually affects wives or children. Husbands violence against his wife is considered an internal problem, both by outsiders and by people in the family itself. Domestic violence according to Law Number. 23 of 2004 is the act of someone against other people, especially women or deprivation of independence against law in the household sphere. The substance of Law Number 23 Year 2004 is very pro-women, while the criminal justice system should make law a spirit in law enforcement.