False imprisonment does not necessarily require the use of violence or force. Pursuant to Penal Code Section 237, false imprisonment can be charged as a felony if it involved "violence, menace, fraud, or deceit.To be convicted of kidnapping, the perpetrator must have used violence, force, threats or sometimes fraud. Plaintiff additionally asserts state tort claims for false imprisonment, false arrest, battery, and negligence. However, you could face felony false imprisonment charges (see CALCRIM 1240) if violence, menace, fraud, or deceit was used in the restraint. California laws punishing acts domestic violence are set forth in the California Penal Code. The total time these exonerated people spent in prison adds up to 31,900 years. Use of force or violence in the context of battery means any force or violence. Between different degrees of violence"). (black on white violence13.7 percent versus white on black violence10.4 percent).