on the other hand there is some evidence of the benefits of certain informal justice mechanisms such as womens courts which are often more accessible to women survivors of violence than the official court system both in terms of their geographical location and in relation to the language and manner in which court proceedings are conducted an interesting example of integration of customary law into the formal justice system is the criminal law compensation act of papua new guinea which allows survivors of crimes including sexual violence and domestic violence to claim compensation from the perpetrator claiming compensation for wrongdoing is a common feature of customary law in papua new guinea and the enactment of legislation on compensation was intended to reduce the occurrence of payback crimes in the united states the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act created a family violence option which permits survivors of domestic violence to be exempted from certain employment restrictions related to receiving public assistance payments