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VIOLENCEAGAINSTWOMENAct.pptxVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
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The American Bar Association resolved this policy.
The Association supported the efforts of:
U.S Justice Department
The state and territories
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Local government and agencies
Local law enforcement agencies
Non- governmental victim service programs
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In addition to the local bar associations.
All these, tasked with the responsibility to implement full faith and credit
In the mandate of Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA)
The Act directs states and territories to enforce criminal and civil protection
By orders issued by foreign states, tribal and territorial courts
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This being a sensitive matter
The association further urges Congress,
States and territories
Tribal and Local governments
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In addition to agencies
To support fully and fund the efforts
To implement full faith and credit mandate
Full faith and credit mandate
These are the corresponding issues of this policy
The full faith and credit mandate include,
The Following but not limited to:
Development of Intrastate and interstate computer registries
That deals with protection orders
Full faith and credit mandate
Also include civil education,
That is training of community members
They include, judges lawyers, law enforcement official, advocates and medical proffessionals
The main reason being that they come in contact with victims of domestic violence
And the perpetrators of domestic violence
Full faith and credit mandate
The civil education will help such community members
Understand the full faith and credit mandate
And the application of the protection orders issued by foreign states
That comes with the protocols
Full Faith and Credit mandate
The protocols are of the states, tribal, territorial and local agencies
Whereby the protocols main aim was to remove the barriers
That might be there when it comes to enforcement of foreign protection orders
That is in addition of prioritizing victim safety
Works Cited
Index of criminal Justice Policies from 1996-2016, by Sara Elizabeth Dill. March 27th 2016.
