title: Reply to article "Receiving a forensic medical exam without participating in the criminal justice process: what will it mean?".
abstract: The Implications of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) pertaining to medical forensic exams are thoroughly explored in this analysis. The authors were motivated to write this article as a follow-up to a paper by Price (2010) previously published in the Journal of Forensic Nursing. Given the critical importance of this topic to forensic nursing, further examination of this issue is warranted, as a means of clarifying key issues, as well as addressing implications for the criminal justice and community response systems alike.
authors.affiliation: End Violence Against Women International, Addy, WA. Kim@evawintl.org
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lonsway
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Archambault
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D005260:Female; D053604:Forensic Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D010808:Physical Examination; D011902:Rape; D013179:Spouse Abuse