Violence Against Indian Women (VAIW) Pilot Study Research Workshop.

摘要

To provide a legislative context to this research, Ms. Crossland took the group 'back to where we all started'-the Violence Against Women Act of 2005. Public Law No. 109-162, Title IX, Section 904(a) mandated that the National Institute of Justice conduct a national baseline study 'to examine violence against Indian women in Indian country.' The statute requires an examination of '(i) domestic violence; (ii) dating violence; (iii) sexual assault; (iv) stalking; and (v) murder.' Congress also required an evaluation component that assesses the effectiveness of federal, state, tribal, and local responses to violence against Indian women, as well as recommendations to improve the response. This is a program of research in which multiple projects are needed to cover all of the information encompassed by this legislation. This program is guided by a Federal Advisory Task Force whose members include representatives from tribal governments, national tribal domestic and sexual violence non-profit organizations, and other national tribal organizations. The Task Force convenes during their two-year appointment in order to provide guidance to NIJ on the development and implementation of this program of research.