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Preferred term
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and Subsequent Revisions
Definition
- Violence against women and domestic violence are major social concerns. Women and leading representatives of the Women's Liberation Movement during the 1960s and 1970s began a continued process of requesting legalistic changes protecting females from systematic violence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and Subsequent Revisions]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Violence_Against_Women_Act_of_1994_and_Subsequent_Revisions
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