Researching Family Violence
 

II.    Problems Studying Family Violence--Broad
        A.    Research Context
        B.    Complexity of Family Violence
        C.    Discipline Bias
        D.    Difficulty Defining Family Violence
 

III.    Methodological Hurdles Encountered when Studying Family Violence
        A.    Sampling Issues:  Probability v. Nonprobability Samples
        B.    Data Sources (See "Large Scale Studies of Family Violence" under Course Documents in BB)
                1.    Official records (e.g., UCR/NIBRS)
                2.    Self-reports of violent behavior (e.g., National Family Violence Surveys)
                3.    Self-reports of victimization (e.g., NVAW, NCVS, NFV Surveys)
                4.    Informant reports (sibling violence section on NFV Surveys)
        C.    Research Design
                1.    longtitudinal v. cross-sectional
                2.    prosepective v. retrospective
 
        D.    Validity of measures

III.    Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) (Powerpoint Presentation)
        A.    CTS1
                1.  Design
                2.  Advantages
                3.  Criticisms
        B.  CTS2
                1.  Changes from CTS1
                2.  Does new question order lead to greater disclosure of violence?

IV.    Ethical Issues Studying Family Violence

V.    Strategies to Improve Research on Family Violence

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