The Arrest Experiments: A Feminist Critique

Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Vol. 83, No. 1 (Spring 1992)

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-35

10 Pages Posted: 2 Aug 2012

Date Written: April 1, 1992

Abstract

Quantitative research has elicited a good deal of criticism from feminists. Quantitative methods are considered suspect because they place a greater value on "objective" and quantifiable informa­tion than on other sources of knowledge; because they assume a separation-indeed, a distance-between the researcher and the ob­ject of study; and because they isolate the factors under study from their socio-economic and historical context. In the domestic violence field, moreover, survey research is greeted with particular mistrust because of early studies which were perceived as both insensitive in their design and biased in their results.

Keywords: Feminism, arrests, quantative research, domestic violence

Suggested Citation

Bowman, Cynthia Grant, The Arrest Experiments: A Feminist Critique (April 1, 1992). Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Vol. 83, No. 1 (Spring 1992), Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-35, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2121457

Cynthia Grant Bowman (Contact Author)

Cornell University - Law School ( email )

Myron Taylor Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
United States

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