About DVSAC

Mission Statement

To coordinate education, prevention and response efforts in order to reduce the incidence of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence and to make these crimes socially and culturally unacceptable.

Goals

To accomplish this mission, we promote programs and activities whose purposes are to:

  • Support the reduction and eventual elimination of domestic violence and sexual assault, stalking and dating violence in the territory;
  • Support and promote quality programs which empower victims and which hold all perpetrators accountable for their behavior;
  • Conduct educational efforts which heighten awareness about the extent and character of domestic violence and sexual assault, stalking and dating violence in the territory; and
  • Improve the response of the legal system, service providers, and the media to issues.
    • Last Modified: 06-Aug-2009