RT Book
T1 Inequality across state lines: how policymakers have failed domestic violence victims in the United States
A1 Sidorsky, Kaitlin N.
A2 Schiller, Wendy J. 1964-
LA English
PP Cambridge New York Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839658304
AB In the United States, one in four women will be victims of domestic violence each year. Despite the passage of federal legislation on violence against women beginning in 1994, differences persist across states in how domestic violence is addressed. Inequality Across State Lines illuminates the epidemic of domestic violence in the U.S. through the lens of politics, policy adoption, and policy implementation. Combining narrative case studies, surveys, and data analysis, the book discusses the specific factors that explain why U.S. domestic violence politics and policies have failed to keep women safe at all income levels, and across racial and ethnic lines. The book argues that the issue of domestic violence, and how government responds to it, raises fundamental questions of justice; gender and racial equality; and the limited efficacy of a state-by-state and even town-by-town response. This book goes beyond revealing the vast differences in how states respond to domestic violence, by offering pathways to reform.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2023)
CN 362.82/920973
SN 9781009279154
K1 Intimate Partner Violence : Government policy : States : United States
K1 Women : Violence against : States : United States
K1 Women and human security : States : United States
K1 USA : Gewalt : Frau : Häusliche Gewalt : Kriminalpolitik : Gesetz : Bundesstaat
K1 eBook-Cambridge-Gesamt-EBA-2024
DO 10.1017/9781009279154