Violence Against Women and the U.S. Supreme Court

Recent Challenges and Opportunities for Advocates and Practitioners

Bibliographic Data

ID12435926
AuthorsLainie Rutkow (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, corresponding author), Jon S Vernick (0000-0002-6480-6105, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Daniel W Webster (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Daniel Webster (0000-0002-2180-3481, Johns Hopkins University), Dorothy J Lennig (House of Ruth Maryland)
Year2009
Volume15
Issue10
Pages1248-1258
Publication date2009-09-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801209344342
PMID19762719
OpenAlexW2096341256
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

The U.S. Supreme Court has frequently grappled with violence against women, with three major cases decided since 2000. Although the law can be a powerful tool to minimize the risk of violence against women, it can also be an obstacle to interventions. As legislators, prosecutors, and advocates implement legal interventions to respond to violence against women, the Supreme Court has increasingly been called on to interpret these laws and assess their constitutionality. This legal note examines recent Supreme Court jurisprudence that addresses interventions to prevent violence against women and explain how practitioners can tailor interventions to respond to these decisions

Constitutionality · Criminology · Domestic violence · Jurisprudence · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Supreme court · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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