Inequality across State Lines Book contents
- Inequality across State Lines
- Inequality across State Lines
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Domestic Violence and Gender Inequality
- 2 Federal Action on Domestic Violence
- 3 Policymaking in the States
- 4 Explaining and Predicting the Adoption of State Domestic Violence Gun Laws
- 5 The View from the Courtroom
- 6 The Costs of Inequality in Domestic Violence Policies
- 7 Pathways for Improving Human Security for Women
- Appendices
- References
- Index
3 - Policymaking in the States
Domestic Violence Statutes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2023
- Inequality across State Lines
- Inequality across State Lines
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Domestic Violence and Gender Inequality
- 2 Federal Action on Domestic Violence
- 3 Policymaking in the States
- 4 Explaining and Predicting the Adoption of State Domestic Violence Gun Laws
- 5 The View from the Courtroom
- 6 The Costs of Inequality in Domestic Violence Policies
- 7 Pathways for Improving Human Security for Women
- Appendices
- References
- Index
Summary
We explore the policy feedback process and describe how state policies have evolved or devolved in the specific issue area of firearm laws and domestic violence. This chapter demonstrates how and when states respond to the need to reform their domestic violence laws and shows how key actors in that process, including legislators and interest groups, affect the content of the policy that is adopted. The chapter includes examples of states whose definition and scope of domestic violence laws vary and contrast them with each other and with federal law. We present six studies of states that differ in their legislative histories on domestic violence laws to identify key factors that can explain this variation; we test these factors in the quantitative analysis presented in Chapter 4.
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- Inequality across State LinesHow Policymakers Have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States, pp. 62 - 94Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023