Assessing the Impact of the Violence Against Women Act

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Abstract

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has been hailed as the federal government's signature legislation responding to gender-based violence. VAWA, passed in 1994 and reauthorized three times since then, has created several new programs and protections for victims of gender-based violence. VAWA is, however, primarily a funding bill and what it primarily funds is the criminal legal system. But the criminal legal response to gender-based violence has not been effective in decreasing rates of gender-based violence or deterring violence. A VAWA that discontinued funding for the criminal legal system and instead focused on economics, prevention, and community-based resources mdash a noncarceral VAWA mdash could better meet the needs of victims of gender-based violence and target the underlying causes of that violence.

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Goodmark, L. (2021). Assessing the Impact of the Violence Against Women Act. Annual Review of Criminology. Annual Reviews Inc. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-030920-095322

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