Mounting and Sustaining the Violence Against Women Research and Evaluation Program at the National Institute of Justice

• NCJ Number: 245947
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 19 Issue: 6 Dated: June 2013 Pages: 687-712
• Author(s): Bernard Auchter; Angela Moore
• Date Published: June 2013
• Length: 26 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 VAWA mandated a number of research efforts that stimulated a dramatic enhancement to violence against women research supported by the National Institute of Justice NIJ.

Abstract

The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 VAWA mandated a number of research efforts that stimulated a dramatic enhancement to violence against women research supported by the National Institute of Justice NIJ. This article documents and provides a perspective on key components in the history, development, and accomplishments of the Violence Against Women VAW research and evaluation program of NIJ. The article is comprised of four key parts: a. progress of the research program and how leadership, planning, and collaboration were the catalysts in instituting the program; b. significant research issues confronted and managed, including measurement, evaluation rigor, and gender symmetry; c. critical conflicts in the field, such as calls for greater attention to sexual assault and violence against minorities as well as resistance to research on perpetrators and male victims; and d. possible research directions for the future and a concluding comment. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage.