Advancing the Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women

This report expands on the work of an earlier National Research Council panel whose report, Understanding Violence Against Women, was published in 1996. The report is based on the presentations and deliberations of a workshop convened in January 2002, at the request of Congress, to develop a detailed research agenda on violence against women. While some of the research recommendations in the earlier report have been funded and carried out, the workshop demonstrated that important gaps remain. For example, prevalence and incidence data are still inadequate to measure trends or to reveal whether interventions being designed under federal programs are, in fact, working. Among its primary recommendations, the committee underscored the importance of strengthening the data and research infrastructure in this area, especially the need for better prevalence data and longitudinal data to determine the causes of violent victimization of women and the impact of interventions.

Summary

Addresses the importance of strengthening the data and research infrastructure in the area of violence against women. This report also addresses the need for better prevalence data and longitudinal data to determine the causes of violent victimization of women and the impact of interventions.

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• Authors: Committee On Law And Justice, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Steering Committee for the Workshop on Issues in Research on Violence Against Women
• Assisted by: Candace Kruttschnitt (Editor), Brenda L McLaughlin (Editor), Brenda L. McLaughlin (Editor), Carol V Petrie (Editor), Carol V. Petrie (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2004
• EAN: 9780309091091
• ISBN: 978-0-309-09109-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research