{"id":381940,"date":"2018-10-22T06:57:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T05:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-violence-against-women-act-is-unlikely-to-reduce-intimate-partner-violence\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T06:57:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T05:57:11","slug":"the-violence-against-women-act-is-unlikely-to-reduce-intimate-partner-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-violence-against-women-act-is-unlikely-to-reduce-intimate-partner-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Violence Against Women Act Is Unlikely to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The <\/span>Violence Against Women Act<\/a>, the federal government\u2019s signature legislation aimed at responding to domestic violence, rape, sexual assault and stalking, expired at the end of September.<\/p>\n

Legislative wrangling over the act\u2019s provisions led to the expiration. This was not the first time controversy has gotten in the way of extending the legislation. Originally passed with strong bipartisan support in 1994, a <\/span>previous reauthorization ran into problems<\/a> <\/span>as a result of disputes involving protection for Native Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender victims of violence, and undocumented women.<\/p>\n

Although <\/span>Congress has temporarily reauthorized the act<\/a>, its future is again uncertain, and <\/span>advocates warn of the dire consequences<\/a> <\/span>of failing to pass the law.<\/p>\n

But the fact is that the criminal system supported by the act isn\u2019t stopping intimate partner violence.<\/p>\n

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The <\/span>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> <\/span>estimates that 19 percent of women in America will be raped, 15 percent will be stalked, and 22 percent will experience domestic violence in their lifetimes.<\/p>\n

The Violence Against Women Act was the first law dedicated to ending that brutality. With a total <\/span>authorization of US$3.1 billion in 2013<\/a>, the act supports rape crisis centers, pays for lawyers for victims of violence and provides money for transitional housing. But the single greatest beneficiary of the act is the criminal legal system.<\/p>\n

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The act\u2019s two largest grant programs<\/a> <\/span>sent approximately $250 million to the courts, police and prosecutors last year. The money was used to train law enforcement and judges, develop policies for improved handling of domestic violence cases, encourage collaboration between community service providers and law enforcement, and staff law enforcement agencies with victim liaisons.<\/p>\n

Without such incentives, <\/span>supporters of the act say<\/a>, the criminal legal…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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