Main Frame in StopVAW

This project was supported by Grant No. 96-WT-NX-0007 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Paper

This paper is part of larger project evaluating grants to prosecutors and police under the STOP grant program set up by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. The paper was designed to help with the evaluations of local projects be explaining what police and prosecutors are required to do under state law. The National Institute of Justice also had a few questions about state statutes. At the same time, the opportunity presented itself to compare different statutory schemes and draw out what appear to be the best laws.

This is work in progress. The author and other researchers at the Institute for Law and Justice are very much interested in constructive feedback. This may include new information and interpretations on legislation that we have not yet discovered or understood. Please send critiques and comments to the author, Neal Miller, at neal@ilj.org.

Reading the Paper On-Line

The entire paper may be read on-line. The conventions used are as follows:
The title stays at the top.
The table of contents on the left has the major sections of the paper. It also has a list of exhibits and maps that may be used the same as the table of contents. All exhibits and maps are also referenced in the primary document.
All hypertext references except the tables of content are placed in the main frame. Tables of content are always put in the left frame.
Navigating: Generally, you can navigate by clicking hypertext. However, when select a footnote, table or map, it is usually better to use the backup arrow on your browser to return. This assures that you will go back to the exact spot that you were when you click on the "see exhibit" or "see map". Using hypertext will take you back to the starting point of whatever you click, and that may not be the exact point that you left.

Downloading the Paper

The paper may be downloaded in a zipped set of Word 6.0 files included in dvlaws.zip. Notice that the exhibits and maps are in separate word documents included in the zipped file. The maps are in windows bitmap form and the tables are in individual Word 6.0 files.

Permissions

Permission is hereby granted for reprinting and dissemination of this report on the condition that appropriate attribution be given to the author, the Institute for Law and Justice, and the National Institute of Justice (funding agency). It should further be noted that this is a working document subject to changes as new laws are enacted or mistakes of ommission and commission are noted and corrected.