TY - BOOK ID - 118271323 TI - Inequality across state lines AU - Sidorsky, Kaitlin N AU - Schiller, Wendy J PY - 2023 SN - 9781009279154 9781009279116 9781009279161 PB - Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Intimate partner violence KW - Women KW - Women and human security KW - Government policy KW - States. KW - Violence against KW - Human security and women KW - Human security KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Domestic violence KW - IPV (Intimate partner violence) KW - Partner violence, Intimate KW - Violence UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118271323 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. ER -