dc.contributor.author | Harris, Gardenia | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Stokes, Shannon Daily | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Richardson, Lilliard E. Jr. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Baker, Dana Lee | eng |
dc.contributor.corporatename | University of Missouri--Columbia. Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs. Institute of Public Policy | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Domestic violence is increasingly recognized as a serious social problem in Missouri. Protection orders are designed to offer individuals some level of safety, but nationally it is estimated that a quarter of such orders are not followed and enforcement is inconsistent. Noncompliant batterers typically increase the level of threats, coercive tactics and violence, and often the victims must relocate to hide from the abuser. These relocated victims need protection in new communities, but frequently they run into difficulties
because of different legal jurisdictions across county and state lines. The Full Faith and Credit provisions of the Federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994 offer remedies to this problem, but states (including Missouri) have experienced considerable difficulties in implementation of the provisions of this act. Such
problems include lack of coordination among jurisdictions, low levels of understanding about the law, scarce government resources for addressing impediments, and failure to enforce protection orders. | eng |
dc.format.extent | 2 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.citation | Richardson, L. et al. (2002) Improving Enforcement of Protection Orders in Domestic Violence Situations. Retrieved 10-15-09 from http://www.truman.missouri.edu/ipp/publications/index.asp?ViewBy=Date | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3074 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy | eng |
dc.relation.ispartof | Public Policy publications (MU) | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri-Columbia. Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs. Institute of Public Policy | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.source.uri | http://www.truman.missouri.edu/uploads/Publications/IPP%2002-2002.pdf | eng |
dc.subject | protection orders | eng |
dc.subject | domestic violence | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Victims of family violence -- Services for | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Domestic relations courts | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Abused women | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Intervention (Criminal procedure) | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Women -- Crimes against -- Government policy | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Family violence | eng |
dc.title | Improving Enforcement of Protection Orders in Domestic Violence Situations | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |