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"In her testimony, the fed's chief DV officer, while asking for more money and expanded and intrusive VAWA programs, states that -- 'The Federal government’s efforts to reduce violence against women must continue. In the last 10 years, the rate of domestic violence has declined by 59 percent and the rate of rape and sexual assault declined by 68 percent due to a combination of factors. These are dramatic changes by any measure. But, this is only part of a somewhat more sobering picture. Although violent crime has decreased nationwide, it still devastates the lives of many women. .... Our ultimate goal is to change perceptions around violence against women so that these crimes are considered unacceptable and no longer tolerated in our society.' Do you think that when there's been an additional 40% decrease in DV that OVW will recommend VAWA's elimination?
Link at -- http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/docs/testimony071920 05.pdf"
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Roy writes "Way back on 20 July '05 I posted links to the Senate Judiciary Committee's web site for VAWA's 7/19/05 hearings. Mysteriously, the lead-off testimony by Diane Stuart, Director of the DOJ's Office on Violence Against Women, has never appeared on the site. It has been published on the OVW's site now."