Domestic Violence: Methodologies in Dialogue

by Chitra Raghavan (Editor), Shuki J. Cohen (Editor)

Overview

This volume introduces and critiques the various methodologies employed in current research on domestic violence. By discussing different methodologies side by side as they are applied to the same aspect of domestic violence, and by examining diverse populations (including international samples and sexual minorities), the editors provide insight into the political, sociological, and psychological tensions that influence our understanding of domestic violence. In an integrative pedagogical style, they demonstrate how methods, results, and interpretative frames inform current debates in this field, and how such debates further affect researchers’ agendas and preferences. Finally, building on these insights, the book provides readers with a broad and balanced approach to selecting the most appropriate methodology for their inquiries, given the wide range of advantages and shortcomings.Developed for classroom use at both introductory and more advanced levels, each chapter is preceded by learning objectives and followed by critical-thinking questions. Each topic concludes with a commentary by the editors that evaluates methodologies by establishing dialogues between them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555538316
Publisher:	Northeastern University Press
Publication date:	11/28/2013
Series:	New England Gender, Crime & Law
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

CHITRA RAGHAVAN is professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. SHUKI J. COHEN is assistant professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: Chitra Raghavan and Shuki J. Cohen
Index of Methodological Approaches by Chapter
PART 1: WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOW DO WE MEASURE IT?
Learning Objectives
1 Developing a Self-Report to Asses Partner Violence: Methodological Considerations, Sarah L. Cook, Sherry Hamby, Sandra M. Stith, Eric McCollum, and Tasha Mehne
2 Perceptions of Domestic Violence in Brazil, Antônio de Pádua Serafim and Fabiana Saffi
Commentary, Critical-Thinking Questions, and Advanced Questions, Chitra Raghavan and Shuki J. Cohen
PART 2: CLAIMS ABOUT GENDER PARITY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: SIX BLIND MEN AND AN ELEPHANT
Learning Objectives
3 Sex Differences in Intimate Partner Abuse Victimization, Melissa Tehee, Connie J.A. Beck, and Edward R. Anderson
4 Do Violent Acts Equal Abuse? Resolving the Gender Parity and Asymmetry Dilemma, Evan Stark 5 Gender as Ecology: One Understanding of Men’s Use of Violence against Women, Nicole E. Allen, Shara Davis, Shabnam Javdani, and Amy Lehrner
Commentary, Critical-Thinking Questions, and Advanced Questions, Shuki J. Cohen and Chitra Raghavan
PART 3: DATING VIOLENCE AMONG SEXUAL MINORITIES
Learning Objectives
6 Neighborhood Violence, Peer Networks, and Dating Violence in Urban Sexual Minority College Students, Cassandra A. Jones
7 Exploring Dating Violence among Sexual Minority Youth, Tameka L. Gillum and Gloria T. DiFulvio
Commentary, Critical-Thinking Questions, and Advanced Questions, Chitra Raghavan and Shuki J. Cohen
PART 4: SYSTEMIC REVICTIMIZATION
Learning Objectives
8 “You Don’t Recognize Me Because I’m Still Standing”: The Impact of Action Research with Women Survivors of Domestic Violence, Katie Gentile
9 A Failure to Protect: Resolving the Battered Mother’s Dilemma, Evan Stark
Commentary, Critical-Thinking Questions, and Advanced Questions, Shuki J. Cohen and Chitra Raghavan
CONCLUSION
10 Publication Trends in Intimate Partner Violence: Bridging the Division in Qualitative and Quantitative Methods, Keith A. Markus, Jennifer E. Loveland, Daphne T. Ha, and Chitra Raghaven
Domestic Violence Methodologies: Closing Comments, Shuki J. Cohen Index

What People are Saying About This

Lisa Goodman

“A valuable and compelling teaching tool that will give readers much to consider regarding how we know what we know about domestic violence and, by extension, the social sciences more generally.”

Editorial Reviews

A valuable and compelling teaching tool that will give readers much to consider regarding how we know what we know about domestic violence and, by extension, the social sciences more generally.” —Lisa Goodman, PhD, Boston College

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