2 - Research & Assessment Flashcards
First group to examine violence against women & children?
Women’s Studies
Pro & Con of having diversity of approaches:
PRO - Complex issues require diverse approaches
CON - Territorial & ideological debates
First group to grapple with problem of family violence. More interested in GROUPS than INDIVIDUALS
SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Sociologists tend to research…
Small & Large groups of people
Sociologists examine relationship between variables such as: AGSe
Age
Gender
Socioeconomic Class
This group focuses clinical samples & on the functioning of CPS
Social Work Research
Social work research tends to look at the effects of:
Poverty & Use of social services
Effectiveness of parenting education
Social Work researchers are typically on the…
Front lines of treatment
In social work research participants are:
Clinical Participants
This research focuses on family crime
Criminological Research
Criminological researchers gather data by
Analyzing crime statistics
Violent acts between family members weren’t considered crimes until the…
1970’s
Criminological research looks at the role of..
Police & Criminal Justice System in domestic violence
Criminological research is focused on individuals who have been..
Convicted of crimes, in custody
First ever case was brought forward by the…
SPCA
These jokers collect data from clinical samples
Psych/iatric research
Psych often have ______ sample data ACE STUDY
Large
Psych research attempts to evaluate the effects of…
3-PID
Individual factors
Psychopathology
Dynamics of interpersonal functioning
Focus of psych research?
Treatment & Prevention of family violence
These folks also tend to focus on clinical samples:
Med/Nurs/PH Research
These guys conduct epidemiological studies
Public Health Researchers
Med/Nurs/PHR look at the role that..
HCP can play in treating & preventing IPV
Med/Nurs/PHR attends to the…
Physical & mental effects that stem from IPV
The practical application of Med/Nurs/PHR
Training of HCP
Increased reporting of IPV and public pressure has led to increased…
Legal Research of IPV
Legal Research reviews…
Family & IPV laws and how handled by justice system
Legal Research often looks to __________ issues
Controversial - Battered woman charged with failing to protect children
These 3 evil genisuses make up Government Research
Researchers
Statisticians
Epidemiologists
What do these evil bastard design? NSA
Surveillance systems & collect data from large population samples
Legal Research also leads to __________ IPV research
Funding
