Title Inequality across state lines : how policymakers have failed domestic violence victims in the United States / Kaitlin N. Sidorsky, Wendy J. Schiller

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 221 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Domestic Violence and Gender Inequality -- Federal Action on Domestic Violence -- Policymaking in the States: Domestic Violence Statutes -- Explaining and Predicting the Adoption of State Domestic Violence Gun Laws -- The View from the Courtroom: Inconsistent Implementation of Domestic Violence Policy at the Local Level -- The Costs of Inequality in Domestic Violence Policies -- Pathways for Improving Women's Human Security Summary "Every year, one in four women will be victims of domestic violence in the United States. This book shows how and why U.S. domestic violence politics and policies have failed to keep them safe at all income levels, and across racial and ethnic lines"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 06, 2023) Subject Intimate partner violence -- Government policy -- United States -- States Women -- Violence against -- United States -- States Women and human security -- United States -- States Form Electronic book Author Schiller, Wendy J., 1964- author. LC no. 2022045911 ISBN 9781009279154 1009279157

Other Titles How policymakers have failed domestic violence victims in the US

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