Domestic violence affects millions of homes every year. As a result, with the public "saying no" to domestic violence, victims, now less aware of having been victimized, are able to speak out about their wrongs and can seek help in prosecuting their perpetrators, both criminally and criminally. 'in civil. The primary initial effort to combat domestic violence was the Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Act, signed into law in 1984. This legislation was designed to assist states in their efforts to raise public awareness of domestic violence and to provide shelter and other relief to victims of domestic violence and their children. It provides technology assistance, training and resource centers, and allocations to states and nonprofit agencies to expand domestic violence services and model programs for educating children about domestic violence . Years later, the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) was passed, reflecting a growing national awareness that domestic violence continues to be a serious problem. The federal policies expressed in VAWA must be viewed as part of the state's ongoing efforts to provide legal antidotes to domestic violence. The federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) includes requirements to strengthen state law enforcement, criminal justice, and court systems regarding domestic violence; improve all prevention, intercession and counseling programs and defend mistreated immigrant women against expulsion. Nonetheless, although VAWA represents an important step toward an inclusive national response to the domestic violence conundrum, its effectiveness has been limited. The legal remedies it generates have been criticized as excessively narrow and have been embroiled in constitutional conflict...... middle of paper ......rs for bail review as well as violations previous protection orders, establish a new criminal-level crime of the aggravated family offense type, where the respondent and the victim are members of the same family or the same family circle, prohibiting a person who has been the subject of a protection order or charged with the death of a deceased to direct the temperament of the person's body. For example, under the National Health Act, a person who killed their spouse may have power over the body and funeral arrangements. This domestic violence legislation will make it illegal for anyone to do so and will protect families in the near future who will suffer after the terrible death of a loved one. This legislation is a major step forward in the fight against domestic violence, helping to deter these terrible crimes and providing more appropriate sanctions when they occur...