Researching Sexual Violence against Women: Methodological and Personal Perspectives / Edition 1

by Martin D. Schwartz

Overview

This compelling book provides cutting-edge information on studies on sexual violence against women conducted on North American campuses - and simultaneously contradicts backlash critics who claim that feminists exaggerate their statistics.

Well-known researchers in the field describe their own work and that of others to illustrate both large-scale and local studies. Topics discussed include: researchers' own emotional experiences of working with rape research; experiences of harassment by subjects; feminist participatory research into lesbian battering; reflexivity in studying prostitutes; the gendered nature of research interviews; and white women studying battered black women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803973701
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/24/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Schwartz, Martin D. (Ohio Univ)

The contributors represent the specialties of psychology and sociology. Most are from U.S. and Canadian universities, including Univ of Arizona, Ohio Univ, and Univ of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: RESEARCH ON SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Stepping on Toes - Mary P Koss and Hobart H Cleveland
Social Roots of Date Rape Lead to Intractability and Politicization
A Longitudinal Approach to the Study of Sexual Assault - Jacquelyn W White and John A Humphrey
Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
Measuring Sexual Abuse in Canadian University/College Dating Relationships - Walter S De Keseredy
The Contribution of a National Representative Sample Survey
Acquaintance Rape Is Real Rape - Patricia A Frazier and Lisa M Seales
Self-Blame in Hidden Rape Cases - Victoria L Pitts and Martin D Schwartz
PART TWO: EMOTION IN RESEARCHING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
‘I Second That Emotion' - Elizabeth A Stanko
Reflections on Feminism, Emotionality and Research on Sexual Violence
Activist Research and Social Narratives - Susan K Hippensteele
Dialectics of Power, Privilege and Institutional Change
Field Research with Phone Sex Workers - Christine Mattley
Managing the Researcher's Emotions
The Sexual Harassment of Researchers by Research Subjects - Jennifer K Huff
Lessons from the Field
PART THREE: DOING RESEARCH ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Confessions of a Reformed Positivist - Claire M Renzetti
Feminist Participatory Research as Good Social Science
Researching Violence against Street Prostitutes - Jody Miller
Issues of Epistemology, Methodology and Ethics
Measuring Violence against Women - Dawn H Currie and Brian D Mac Lean
The Interview as Gendered Social Encounter
Studying Violence against Women of Color - Kimberly A Huisman
Problems Faced by a White Woman