IntheUnitedStates,oneinfourwomenwillbevictimsofdomesticviolenceeachyear.Despitethepassageoffederallegislationonviolenceagainstwomenbeginningin1994,differencespersistacrossstatesinhowdomesticviolenceisaddressed.InequalityAcrossStateLinesilluminatestheepidemicofdomesticviolenceintheU.S.throughthelensofpolitics,policyadoption,andpolicyimplementation.Combiningnarrativecasestudies,surveys,anddataanalysis,thebookdiscussesthespecificfactorsthatexplainwhyU.S.domesticviolencepoliticsandpolicieshavefailedtokeepwomensafeatallincomelevels,andacrossracialandethniclines.Thebookarguesthattheissueofdomesticviolence,andhowgovernmentrespondstoit,raisesfundamentalquestionsofjustice;genderandracialequality;andthelimitedefficacyofastate-by-stateandeventown-by-townresponse.Thisbookgoesbeyondrevealingthevastdifferencesinhowstatesrespondtodomesticviolence,byofferingpathwaystoreform.
