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                    Violence Against Women:
                  A Week in the Life of America

               Prepared by the Majority Staff of 
                 the Senate Judiciary Committee





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                     VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:
                  A Week in the Life of America

                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW

Introduction by Chairman Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Summary and Fact Sheet

CHAPTER I: A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AMERICAN WOMEN

I. Beyond Statistics: A Week in the Life of Individuals

II. The Terrifying Human Cost

III. What the Stories Tell Us: Shattering the Myths

IV. What the Stories Tell Us: New Dimensions

CHAPTER II: A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF AMERICAN WOMEN -- THE TIMELINE

CHAPTER III: THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT -- A NATIONAL RESPONSE

APPENDICES

     Appendix A: Domestic Crimes in the United States 

     Appendix B: Methodology of the Timeline Survey 

     Appendix C: Acknowledgments     
     
     Endnotes