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@HD = TABLE OF CONTENTS @HD = INTRODUCTION @HD = CHAPTER 1:AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM @P = In General @P = National Crime Victimization Survey @P = The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 @P = Subtitle A: The Safe Streets for Women Act @P = Subtitle B: The Safe Homes for Women Act @P = Subtitle C: The Civil Rights Remedies for Gender-Motivated Violence @P = Subtitle D: The Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act @P = Subtitle E: The Violence Against Women Act Improvements @P = Subtitle F: National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction @P = Subtitle G: Protections for Battered Immigrant Women and Children @P = The Violence Against Women Act of 2000 @P = The Violence Against Women Act of 2005 @P = Title I: Crimes and Courts @P = Title II: Services and Outreach @P = Title III: Children and Youth @P = Title IV: Prevention @P = Title V: Health Care Response @P = Title VI: Housing @P = Title VII: Economic Security @P = Title VIII: Immigrant Issues @P = Title IV: Tribal Programs @P = The Office on Violence Against Women @HD = CHAPTER 2:DOMESTIC VIOLENCE @P = In General @P = Types of Violence @P = Physical Abuse @P = Sexual Abuse @P = Emotional Abuse @P = Economic Abuse @P = Psychological Abuse @P = Underreporting @P = Scope of the Problem @P = Profile of the Victim @P = Demographics @P = Age @P = Education @P = Geographic Location @P = Marital Status @P = Race/Nationality @P = Profile of the Offender @P = Characteristics of a Spousal Murder Case @P = Domestic Violence Enforcement @P = Protection Orders @P = Full Faith and Credit Provision @P = Federal Interstate Domestic Violence Enforcement @P = Firearms Disability Provision @P = Mandatory Arrest Policies @P = Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement @P = Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) @P = Strategies for the Domestic Violence Victim @P = Risk Factors for Abusive Behavior @P = Strategies While Still in the Abusive Relationship @P = Making Plans to Leave the Abusive Relationship @P = Leaving the Abusive Relationship @P = Changing Your Name @P = Procedure for Changing Your Name @P = The National Domestic Violence Hotline @HD = CHAPTER 3:SEXUAL ASSAULT @P = In General @P = Profile of the Victim @P = Age @P = Gender @P = Income @P = Race/Nationality @P = Scope of the Problem @P = Obtaining Medical Treatment @P = Rape-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (RR-PTSD) @P = Sexually Transmitted Disease @P = Sexual Assault and Date Rape @P = Date Rape Drugs @P = Underreporting @P = Prosecution Issues @P = Burden of Proof @P = Rape Shield Laws @P = Similar Crimes Evidence @P = Confidential Communications for Rape Victims @P = Treatment for Sex Offenders @P = Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification @HD = CHAPTER 4: THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT (SORNA) @P = In General @P = Registration Requirements @P = Failure to Register @P = Maintaining a Current Registration @P = Personal Appearance Requirement @P = Covered Sex Offense Convictions @P = Required Sex Offender Registration Information @P = Public Access Sex Offender Websites @P = Required Disclosure @P = Information Exempt from Public Access @P = Optional Exemptions @P = Information-Sharing Requirements @P = Registration Duration Requirements @P = Provisions for Juvenile Sex Offenders @P = The SMART Office @P = The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Registry @HD = CHAPTER 5:STALKING @P = In General @P = Stalking Statistics @P = Profile of a Stalking Victim @P = Profile of a Stalker @P = Love Obsession Stalkers @P = Simple Obsession Stalkers @P = Erotomanic Stalkers @P = Anti-Stalking Legislation @P = California Anti-Stalking Law @P = State Anti-Stalking Laws @P = The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 @P = The Interstate Anti-Stalking Punishment and Prevention Act @P = The Violence Against Women Act of 2005 @P = Safety Strategies and Tips @P = Internet Stalking @P = Establishing Probable Cause @HD = CHAPTER 6:TEENAGE DATING VIOLENCE @P = In General @P = Recognizing Abusive Dating Behavior @P = Statistics @P = Reporting Violence @P = Getting Help @P = Role of the Office on Violence Against Women @HD = CHAPTER 7:BATTERED IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN @P = In General @P = Protection Under The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) @P = Eligibility for Self-Petitioning @P = Requirement of Present Marriage @P = Effect of Remarriage @P = Evidence of Marriage @P = Marriage Fraud @P = Residence in the United States With the Abuser @P = Evidence of Battery or Extreme Cruelty @P = Requirement of Good Moral Character @P = Derivative Child Included in the Self-Petition @P = The Battered Immigrant Women Protection Act @P = The Self-Petition Process @P = Prima Facie Determination @P = Employment Authorization @P = Adjustment to Permanent Resident Status @P = Filing an Appeal @P = Getting Help @HD = CHAPTER 8:HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE SEX TRADE @P = What is Human Trafficking? @P = Causation @P = Statistics @P = Victim Assistance @P = Human Trafficking Legislation @P = The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 @P = Certification @P = Benefits and Services @P = The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking @P = The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 @P = The Trafficking in Persons Reauthorization Act of 2005 @P = The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution @P = Involuntary Servitude and Peonage (Title 18, U.S.C. ?? 1581, 1584) @P = APPENDIX 1 - The U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Hotline Numbers @P = APPENDIX 2 - Subtitle A: The Safe Streets for Women Act - Selected Provisions @P = APPENDIX 3 - Subtitle B: The Safe Homes for Women Act - Selected Provisions @P = APPENDIX 4 - Subtitle C: The Civil Rights Remedies for Gender-Motivated Violence - Selected Provisions @P = APPENDIX 5 - Subtitle D: The Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act - Selected Provisions @P = APPENDIX 6 - Subtitle E: The Violence Against Women Act Improvements - Selected Provisions @P = APPENDIX 7 - Subtitle F: National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction - Selected Provisions @P = APPENDIX 8 - Subtitle G: Protections for Battered Immigrant Women and Children - Selected Provisions @P = APPENDIX 9 - Table Setting Forth Rate of Intimate Partner Violence Against Females, By Age and Victim/Offender Relationship (1993-1999) @P = APPENDIX 10 - Table Setting Intimate Partner Violence And Rate of Reporting to Police, By Age (1993-1999) @P = APPENDIX 11 - Table Setting Forth Rate of Intimate Partner Violence Against Females, By Age (1999) @P = APPENDIX 12 - Directory of State Name Change Laws @P = APPENDIX 13 - Directory of National Domestic Violence Organizations @P = APPENDIX 14 - Directory of State Domestic Violence Coalitions @P = APPENDIX 15 - Directory of Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions @P = APPENDIX 16 - Table of U.S. Forcible Rape Statistics, By Volume and Rate (1990-2005) @P = APPENDIX 17 - Directory of State Sexual Assault Coalitions @P = APPENDIX 18 - The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act - Selected Provisions @P = APPENDIX 19 - Table of State Laws Governing Protection Orders for Teen Dating Violence @P = APPENDIX 20 - The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 - Selected Provisions @HD = GLOSSARY @HD = BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SUGGESTED READING
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Women -- Crimes against -- United States.
Offenses against the person -- United States.
Abused women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Violent crimes -- United States.