The 1990s saw the United States government begin
initiatives to align local government domestic
violence policies with federal policy priorities
through grants-in-aid to local programs. This
analysis considers whether a federally funded,
coordinated, inter-jurisdictional, public-private
community response to domestic violence can be
implemented effectively by local government and
private agency decision-makers. Assessment using
implementation, systems, contingency, organizational
culture, and federalism theories determined all
program goals were achieved as originally crafted,
except one in...