Item #472
When CTS methodology was used in studies examining wife abuse, the women's movement had no problem with it. When the same methodology was applied to the Family Violence Research study, the method of measuring violence was attacked.
Topic: Feminist ActivismSource
Citation: Disabusing the Definition of Domestic Abuse: How Women Batter Men and the Role of the Feminist State, p. 803 Author(s): Kelly Institution(s): Indiana University Link: http://archive.law.fsu.edu/Journals/lawreview/downloads/304/kelly.pdf Nation(s): United States Year(s): 1993 Source: Secondary Type: JournalDiscussion
Other Notes:Moreover, despite being collected through CTS methodology, the research of the Family Violence Researchers yields similar results to numerous other studies of husband and wife abuse, including those which rely upon non-CTS methodology.