Bachman, DavidWang, Qiumeng2017-05-162017-05-162017-05-162016-12Wang_washington_0250O_16775.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/38552Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2016-12Domestic violence (DV) is a pervasive social issue that requires efforts from multiple government departments and social groups to solve. It’s a disease that can be best tackled through a multi-agency counter-domestic violence mechanism, which demands collective commitment and inter-department collaboration. However, when the Domestic Violence Law of the People’s Republic of China (DV law) was enacted on March 1st of 2016, a deliberation and coordination agency called Working Committee on Children and Women (WCCW) was designated as the leading law enforcement organ to perform counter-domestic-violence tasks. This article attempts to argue that such an organ does not process the capacity to propel other respective departments to actively engage in the making of a multi-agency counter-domestic violence mechanism. Therefore, the designation of the WCCW as Anti-Domestic Violence Law’s major enforcement organ is counterproductive to its ultimate goal: the elimination of domestic violence.application/pdfen-USnoneCounter-DV MechanismDomestic ViolenceInstitutional DesignPolitical-Legal CommitteeWomen's FederaionPolitical scienceLawEast Asian studiesThesis