2021 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts
Chapter 121 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subchapter III - Violence Against Women
Part K - Strengthening America's Families by Preventing Violence Against Women and Children
Sec. 12462 - Purpose
34 U.S.C. § 12462 (2021) |
§12462. Purpose |
The purpose of this part is to— (1) prevent crimes involving violence against women, children, and youth; (2) increase the resources and services available to prevent violence against women, children, and youth; (3) reduce the impact of exposure to violence in the lives of children and youth so that the intergenerational cycle of violence is interrupted; (4) develop and implement education and services programs to prevent children in vulnerable families from becoming victims or perpetrators of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; (5) promote programs to ensure that children and youth receive the assistance they need to end the cycle of violence and develop mutually respectful, nonviolent relationships; and (6) encourage collaboration among community-based organizations and governmental agencies serving children and youth, providers of health and mental health services and providers of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking victim services to prevent violence against women and children. |
(Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, §41302, as added Pub. L. 109–162, title IV, §401, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3018.) |
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 14043d–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT |
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Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts CHAPTER 121 - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SUBCHAPTER III - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Part K - Strengthening America's Families by Preventing Violence Against Women and Children Sec. 12462 - Purpose |
section 12462 |
2021 |
January 3, 2022 |
No |
standard |
119 Stat. 3018 |
Public Law 103-322, Public Law 109-162 |