The Impact of the 2005 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act on Arrest Likelihood in Rape and Sexual Assault Cases
Journal: DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library)
Year: 2019

The 2005 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) placed additional emphasis on, and allocated additional resources toward combatting the issue of rape and sexual assault separate and apart from domestic violence.One specific aim of VAWA is to improve the law enforcement response in rape and sexual assault cases given the low percentage of these incidents that result in arrest, prosecution, and conviction of perpetrators relative to other violent crimes.There is a paucity of rese