Nancy La Vigne, Director National Institute of Justice

• In Event: ASC Presidential Panel: 30 Years of the Violence Against Women Act: Endurance, Expansion, and the Next Era

Abstract

Director La Vigne will provide a brief synopsis of NIJ’s VAW research and evaluation investments, both before VAWA passed and since, including describing the development of NIJ’s and OVW’s robust partnership. She will describe examples of the field’s notable evidence and documentation of VAWA’s impacts.

Author

• Nancy LaVigne, National Institute of Justice