台灣於1998年6月24日公布亞洲地區第一部家庭暴力防治法，並在一年後正式全面實施，公權力就開始介入私領域保護家庭暴力被害人，政府部門提出並推展各種政策與方案，期藉以實現國家對婦女人格尊嚴之維護，對婦女人身安全之保障，及消除性別歧視，促進兩性地位之實質平等。自家庭暴力防治法施行迄今已超過十一年，其間經過幾次修法，以充實防治之需要；家暴法施行至今已累積了一些統計資料，從這些統計資料可客觀地看出政府推展家暴防治的成果及待加強的部分；又從最近的有關問卷調查結果，能知道在政府推展家暴防治以後民眾對家暴的認知情形，且對照政府統計資料與民眾的認知情形，以瞭解家暴防治之現狀，更可看出其中的落差及包含修法在內的應改進之處，並可進一步理出未來的方向。本文將循序檢視家暴法之修法、政府的統計資料及民眾對家暴認知的情形等家暴防治現狀，進而說明台灣家庭暴力防治之未來展望。

The Domestic Violence Prevention Act was announced on June 24(superscript th), 1998, enforced one year later, allowing the Authority to engage in protecting those victimized by domestic violence (hereinafter called "DV") in private sections. The related policies and acts enacted by the government aim to preserve the dignity, assure the physical safety and eliminate sexual discrimination for females as primarily provided in Constitutional Amendment. Over the past 11 years, there has been collected data which show how DV works and how it can be improved. Nevertheless, we would like to identify the gap between the governmental statistics and the social awareness so as to clarify the future approach. This research will examine the enactment of DV, the governmental statistical data and the awareness of the people in Taiwan to more understand how Domestic Violence Prevention Act is implemented and to further suggest the future approach.