Inequality Across State Lines: How Policymakers Have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States

by Kaitlin Sidorsky and Wendy J. Schiller

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009279165
• ISBN13: 9781009279161
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"