Protection from Domestic Violence: Case Studies of Federal, State and Municipal Compliance with International Norms
Caitlin Marie Williams
Resumen
Objective: assessment of effectiveness of multi-level system in terms of protecting victim rights and reducing rates of domestic violence.
Hypothesis: none; inductive research ongoing.
Part 1 assesses United States and New York State compliance with international standards governing the state responsibility to protect the right to freedom from domestic violence, as established by the United Nations and the Organization of American States. This part presents and evaluates law, regulation and guidelines at the international, federal and state level.
Part 2 reports on and evaluates municipal responses to domestic violence in Livingston County (rural) and Monroe County (urban), both in New York State. This part presents and evaluates policy, by comparing funding levels, program content, and outcomes. Measurement of outcomes may be statistical, such as changes in reporting or incidence rates, or descriptive, such as data on victim experience of the judicial system.
Methods: primary and secondary, quantitative and qualitative, particularly textual analysis and interviews, and possibly survey or questionnaire.
Hypothesis: none; inductive research ongoing.
Part 1 assesses United States and New York State compliance with international standards governing the state responsibility to protect the right to freedom from domestic violence, as established by the United Nations and the Organization of American States. This part presents and evaluates law, regulation and guidelines at the international, federal and state level.
Part 2 reports on and evaluates municipal responses to domestic violence in Livingston County (rural) and Monroe County (urban), both in New York State. This part presents and evaluates policy, by comparing funding levels, program content, and outcomes. Measurement of outcomes may be statistical, such as changes in reporting or incidence rates, or descriptive, such as data on victim experience of the judicial system.
Methods: primary and secondary, quantitative and qualitative, particularly textual analysis and interviews, and possibly survey or questionnaire.