Immigration Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Immigration Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Creator

  • Author: Kandel, William A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Analyst in Immigration Policy

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2012-05-15

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report discusses the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA, P.L. 103-322) that congress passed in 1994. This legislation created new programs within the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services that aimed to both reduce domestic violence and improve response to and recovery from domestic violence incidents.
  • Physical Description: 38 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Family violence
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Wife abuse
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Violence
  • Keyword: Violence Against Women Act
  • Keyword: immigration provisions

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R42477
  • Accession or Local Control No: R42477_2012May15
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc85403
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