The year 2019 marked the 25th anniversary of the passage of the landmark legislation, the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). As we reflect on the Act, it is important to examine how the VAWA influenced the response to violence against women. This guest editors’ introduction provides a preview of five articles devoted to a special issue of Violence Against Women. The articles highlight key aspects of VAWA. With H.R. 15851 awaiting consideration by the Senate, we suggest that perhaps now is an appropriate time to assess the Act’s impact.
ClarkM. B. (2007). Falling through the cracks: The impact of VAWA 2005’s unfinished business on immigrant victims of domestic violence. University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class, 7, 37. http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/rrgc/vol7/iss1/6
ModiM. N.PalmerS.ArmstrongA. (2014). The role of Violence Against Women Act in addressing intimate partner violence: A public health issue. Journal of Women’s Health, 23(3), 253–259. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2013.4387
5.
Moore ParmleyA. M. (2004). Violence against women research post VAWA: Where have we been, where are we going?Violence Against Women, 10(12), 1417–1430. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801204270682
MuhlhausenD. B.VillegasC. (2012). Violence Against Women Act: Reauthorization fundamentally flawed. Heritage Foundation Backgrounder. http://report.heritage.org/bg2673
8.
P.L. 103-322, Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of1994, Title IV—Violence Against Women.
9.
ShermanL.BerkR. (1984). The specific deterrent effects of arrest for domestic assault. American Sociological Review, 49, 261–272. https://doi.org/10.2307/2095575
