Inequality Across State Lines - How Policymakers Have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in United

"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"--

List of contents

1. Domestic violence and gender inequality; 2. Federal action on domestic violence; 3. Policymaking in the states: domestic violence statutes; 4. Explaining and predicting the adoption of state domestic violence gun laws; 5. The view from the courtroom: inconsistent implementation of domestic violence policy at the local level; 6. The Costs of inequality in domestic violence policies; 7. Pathways for improving women's human security; References; Appendices; Index.

About the author

Kaitlin N. Sidorsky is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Coastal Carolina University. She is the author of All Roads Lead to Power: Appointed and Elected Paths to Public Office for US Women (2019).Wendy J. Schiller is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy at Brown University. Her publications include Dynamics of American Democracy (2021), Electing the Senate: Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment (2015), and Partners and Rivals: Representation in US Senate Delegations (2000).

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.

Product details

• Authors: Wendy J. Schiller, Schiller Wendy J., Kaitlin Sidorsky, Kaitlin (Coastal Carolina University) Sc Sidorsky
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9781009279161
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0927916-1
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political science & theory, Gender & the law, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, domestic violence, Political science and theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Domestic abuse, Law and society, gender issues