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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Government information
ISBN : 9781437931402
Author : Lisa M. Seghetti,Jerome P. Bjelopera
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1477656545
In 1994, Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA, P.L. 103-322). The act was intended to change attitudes toward domestic violence, foster awareness of domestic violence, improve services and provisions for victims, and revise the manner in which the criminal justice system responds to domestic violence. This legislation created new programs within the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services that aimed to both reduce domestic violence and improve response to and recovery from domestic violence incidents. VAWA primarily addresses certain types of violent crime through grant programs to state, tribal, and local governments; nonprofit organizations; and universities. VAWA programs target the crimes of intimate partner violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In 1995, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) was created administratively within the Department of Justice to administer federal grants authorized under VAWA. Since its creation, the OVW has awarded more than $3 billion in grants. While the OVW administers the majority of VAWA authorized grants, other federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of Justice Programs, also manage VAWA grants. Since 1994, VAWA has been modified and reauthorized several times. In 2000, Congress reauthorized VAWA, enhanced federal domestic violence and stalking penalties, added protections for battered immigrants, and added new programs for elderly and disabled women. In 2005, Congress again reauthorized VAWA. The legislation enhanced penalties for repeat stalking offenders; added protections for battered and trafficked immigrants; and added programs for sexual assault victims and American Indian victims, and programs designed to improve the public health response to domestic violence. Authorization for appropriations for the programs under VAWA expired in 2011. Several bills have been introduced in the 112th Congress that would reauthorize VAWA. On February 2, 2012, the Senate Judiciary Committee ordered reported the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 1925), and on April 26, the Senate amended and passed S. 1925. This bill was met with some opposition. For example, in the Senate Judiciary Committee Report (S.Rept. 112-153) and during the Executive Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, concerns were raised regarding a proposed increase to the cap on the number of U-Visas available for immigrants; a proposed addition to the number of groups given special consideration as underserved populations; a proposed increase of jurisdictional power for American Indian tribes; and the accountability of OVW grantees. On April 27, 2012, Representative Adams introduced the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 (H.R. 4970). It differs in substantive ways from S. 1925 including with respect to the VAWA-related immigration provisions and in the populations it would include under its definition of underserved population. H.R. 4970 was met with some opposition in the House. For example, concerns were raised during the markup of H.R. 4970 in the House Judiciary Committee with respect to new restrictions for immigration provisions under VAWA and the absence of special consideration for those who may be discriminated against based on gender identity or sexual orientation. Additionally, some Members sought increased jurisdictional powers for American Indian tribes, similar to provisions in S. 1925. On May 8, 2012, the House Judiciary Committee ordered reported H.R. 4970.~
Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : UCR:31210024842831
Author : Joshua Abrahamson,Roger T. Cantrell
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Family violence
ISBN : 1622575873
In the early 1990's, Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The act was intended to change attitudes toward domestic violence, foster awareness of domestic violence, improve services and provisions for victims, and revise the manner in which the criminal justice system responds to domestic violence. This legislation created new programs within the Department of Justice and Health and Human Services that aimed to both reduce domestic violence and improve response to and recovery from domestic violence incidents. VAWA primarily addresses certain types of violent crime through grant programs to state, tribal, and local governments; non-profit organizations; and universities. VAWA programs target the crimes of intimate partner violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This book provides a brief legislative history of VAWA and an overview of the crimes addressed with a focus on legislation and funding issues.
Author : Evan Stark
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780195384048
Drawing on cases, Stark identifies the problems with our current approach to domestic violence, outlines the components of coercive control, and then uses this alternate framework to analyse the cases of battered women charged with criminal offenses directed at their abusers.
Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Research on Violence Against Women
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1996-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309175838
Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known but no less tragic situations in which women's lives are shattered by beatings or sexual assault. The search for solutions has highlighted not only what we know about violence against women but also what we do not know. How can we achieve the best understanding of this problem and its complex ramifications? What research efforts will yield the greatest benefit? What are the questions that must be answered? Understanding Violence Against Women presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies four areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape: What interventions are designed to do, whom they are reaching, and how to reach the many victims who do not seek help. Factors that put people at risk of violence and that precipitate violence, including characteristics of offenders. The scope of domestic violence and sexual assault in America and its conequences to individuals, families, and society, including costs. How to structure the study of violence against women to yield more useful knowledge. Despite the news coverage and talk shows, the real fundamental nature of violence against women remains unexplored and often misunderstood. Understanding Violence Against Women provides direction for increasing knowledge that can help ameliorate this national problem.
Author : L. P. Gordon
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 1590334558
Violent attacks on women occur in almost every area of daily life. Victims often face trauma physically, emotionally and sexually. The processing of complaints by female victims of violence within the criminal justice system varies according to crime type and official attitudes. This book details federal concerns and possible solutions to the widespread problem of the perpetration of violence on women.
Author : Jacqueline Agtuca
Publisher : National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781500918514
A powerful presentation of the impact of colonization of American Indian tribes on the safety of Native American women and the changes to address such violence under the Violence Against Women Act. This essential reading reviews through the voices and experiences of Native women the systemic reforms under the Act to remove barriers to justice and their safety. It places the historic changes witnessed over the last twenty years under the Act in the context of the tribal grassroots movement for safety of Native women. Legal practitioners, students and social justice advocates will find this book a powerful and inspirational resource to creating a more just, humane, and safer world.
Author : Rachel Louise Snyder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781635570991
WINNER OF THE HILLMAN PRIZE FOR BOOK JOURNALISM, THE HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD, AND THE LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST * ABA SILVER GAVEL AWARD FINALIST * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY: Esquire, Amazon, Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, BookRiot, Economist, New York Times Staff Critics “A seminal and breathtaking account of why home is the most dangerous place to be a woman . . . A tour de force.” -Eve Ensler "Terrifying, courageous reportage from our internal war zone." -Andrew Solomon "Extraordinary." -New York Times ,“Editors' Choice” “Gut-wrenching, required reading.” -Esquire "Compulsively readable . . . It will save lives." -Washington Post “Essential, devastating reading.” -Cheryl Strayed, New York Times Book Review An award-winning journalist's intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America's most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens behind closed doors. We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a “global epidemic.” In America, domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime, and yet it remains locked in silence, even as its tendrils reach unseen into so many of our most pressing national issues, from our economy to our education system, from mass shootings to mass incarceration to #MeToo. We still have not taken the true measure of this problem. In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths-that if things were bad enough, victims would just leave; that a violent person cannot become nonviolent; that shelter is an adequate response; and most insidiously that violence inside the home is a private matter, sealed from the public sphere and disconnected from other forms of violence. Through the stories of victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, and reform movements from across the country, Snyder explores the real roots of private violence, its far-reaching consequences for society, and what it will take to truly address it.
Author : Nancy Meyer-Emerick
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015051283839
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is the most expansive federal legislation addressing intimate violence in the United States to date. Meyer-Emerick uses three theories to examine the legislation: Foucault's theories on how people develop their ideas about their sexuality; Habermas's theories on the legitimacy of the state; and MacKinnon's theories of a gender hierarchy preserved through sexual violence. Through consideration of interviews with policymakers, professionals, and focus groups with citizens, her analysis suggests that state intervention is limited. Additional avenues for combating violence against women is therefore necessary. These theories were also used to develop questions that were asked of policymakers and local professionals in interviews and with focus groups of survivors, perpetrators, and citizens. The interviews revealed perceptual differences between the thinking of the policymakers and the local professionals. These dissimilarities highlight the practitioners' lack of knowledge about the intent of VAWA, which may impede service delivery to clients. The focus group responses indicated that not only do women have a higher distrust than men but that survivors and perpetrators have opinions that diverge from both local citizens and other participants. This demonstrates a need for change in the system that is supposed to be protecting women from violence. Meyer-Emerick concludes with recommendations for further interventions. Policymakers and local providers of social services will find the work of particular value as will scholars and researchers dealing with domestic violence.
Author : Claire M. Renzetti,Raquel Kennedy Bergen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0742530558
This is an edited volume of 12 articles previously published in Social Problems that may be considered among the most influential in the development of the sociological study of violence against women.
Author : Violence Against Women Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1457845377
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322), improved our country’s response to violence against women, including domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault. VAWA and its reauthorization, the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, have transformed criminal and civil justice system efforts to address these serious crimes, bringing communities together to move forward to end violence against women. Police officers, prosecutors, victim advocates, and members of the judiciary are collaborating to leverage the coercive power of the criminal justice system to enhance victim safety and hold offenders accountable. To help support these initiatives, the Dept. of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), has provided tools and resources to implement coordinated community responses to violence against women and to fund basic research to expand understanding of stalking and domestic violence. This report to Congress is part of an ongoing commitment to share information about strategies that show promise in the field and about the development of laws addressing stalking. Figures. This is a print on demand report.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Abused women
ISBN : IND:30000056942802
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9789241548595
A health-care provider is likely to be the first professional contact for survivors of intimate partner violence or sexual assault. Evidence suggests that women who have been subjected to violence seek health care more often than non-abused women, even if they do not disclose the associated violence. They also identify health-care providers as the professionals they would most trust with disclosure of abuse. These guidelines are an unprecedented effort to equip healthcare providers with evidence-based guidance as to how to respond to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women. They also provide advice for policy makers, encouraging better coordination and funding of services, and greater attention to responding to sexual violence and partner violence within training programmes for health care providers. The guidelines are based on systematic reviews of the evidence, and cover: 1. identification and clinical care for intimate partner violence 2. clinical care for sexual assault 3. training relating to intimate partner violence and sexual assault against women 4. policy and programmatic approaches to delivering services 5. mandatory reporting of intimate partner violence. The guidelines aim to raise awareness of violence against women among health-care providers and policy-makers, so that they better understand the need for an appropriate health-sector response. They provide standards that can form the basis for national guidelines, and for integrating these issues into health-care provider education.
Author : Katherine A. Neumann
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 1590333349
In spite of international terrorism, mid-eastern turmoil and pre-election political posturing, crime in America continues to thrive. This new book examines some of the signal issues of law enforcement as well as related criminal justice issues. Emphasis is placed on violence, racial profiling, RICO and self-incrimination issues.