§12462 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

§12462 Purpose

Title 34 › Subtitle 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 › § 12462

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Stop violence against women, children, and young people and expand the help available to prevent it. Increase services, teach and run programs so children in vulnerable families do not become victims or abusers, reduce harm from witnessing violence to break the cycle, promote respectful nonviolent relationships, and get community groups, government, health, and victim-service providers to work together.

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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.

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.

§12462 Purpose

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