For each of the following concepts/terms/phrases, define it,
provide an example and illustrate its significance in Websdale’s research.
1)
ethnography
2)
"snapshots of a much larger social
problem"
3)
interviewer as "knight"
4)
“Insider doctrine”
Answer
each of the following questions in outline format.
1)
What is the thesis (i.e., the primary purpose) of
Websdale's research?
2)
What methods did Websdale use in his research? Be thorough
here concerning all methods used for data collection
For each of the following define it, provide an example and
illustrate its significance in Websdale’s research.
1.
ethnographer as “invader” [ this term also presented and discussed in Introduction,
p. xviii ]
Answer
each of the following questions in outline format.
1.
Websdale used interviews to conduct his
research. Who did Websdale interview
(include numbers here as well)? Why were
these particular groups selected for interviews?
2.
In addition to interviews, Websdale used participant
observation in his research. What kind
of activities comprised this part of his research design? Why were they used?
WORKSHEET ON CHAPTER ONE - Due
March 28
For
each of the following define it, provide an example and illustrate its
significance in Websdale’s research.
1.
process of erasure
2.
gender roles in rural settings
3.
resistance strategies
Answer
each of the following questions in outline format.
1.
Websdale identifies how the isolation of rural
settings is “conducive to battering”.
What does Websdale mean by this? Provide examples.
2.
Based on material presented by Websdale, respond to
the following statements:
a)
If battered women would only leave their abusers,
they would be safe.
b)
If women knew how to defend themselves better, they
would not be attacked by their husbands/ex-husbands.
c) Marijuana
growing is taken more seriously by legal authorities than is the murder of a
woman by her husband.
WORKSHEET ON CHAPTER TWO – Due March April 2
For
each of the following define it, provide an example and illustrate its
significance in Websdale’s research.
1)
rural
2)
rural patriarchy
3) Gemeinschaft
and Gesellschaft
4)
role of law enforcement in rural communities
5) “state
does not operate in a monolithic manner with regard to the social regulation of
women”
Answer each of the
following questions in outline format.
1.
Are crime rates lower in rural areas?
2.
What are two features that characterize the criminal
justice system in rural communities.
WORKSHEET ON CHAPTER THREE - Due
April 4
For
each of the following define it, provide an example and illustrate its
significance in Websdale’s research.
1.
“woman battering” to “domestic violence”
2.
learned helplessness
3.
" . . . criminal justice solutions directed at
the pathological offender."
4.
unworthy victims
Answer
each of the following questions in outline format.
1)
Are mandatory arrest laws effective strategies
regarding domestic violence?
2)
Websdale found support for three gender "propositions
about the policing of woman battering." What are these?
WORKSHEET ON CHAPTER FOUR – Due April 9
For
each of the following define it, provide an example and illustrate its
significance in Websdale’s research.
1)
patriarchal attitudes
2)
“rural black woman as doubly isolated”
Answer
each of the following questions in outline format.
1) What
does Websdale mean by the "rural compromise in policing." What are its components? For three of the
components that you find the most interesting, provide a detailed example that
clearly defines it.
2)
What are the consequences of the rural compromise in
policing for battered women? Provide
examples of how this is realized in three of the components of the rural
compromise.
3)
Are the state police better at handling the cases of
battered women than the local police?
How so?
WORKSHEET ON CHAPTER FIVE - Due
April 11
For
each of the following define it, provide an example and illustrate its
significance in Websdale’s research.
1)
rational bureaucratic code of law
2)
rationally acting adversaries
3)
victim blaming
Answer each of the following questions in outline format.
1)
How does religion both reinforce rural patriarchy
and challenge it?
2)
On page 151 of his text, Websdale states that the
"social links between an abuser and rural judges ensure the abuser
preferential treatment." What does this mean? Is this also present in the policing of rural women? How so?
3)
On page 138 of his text, Websdale states that
"the judicial response to rural battering and battered women, like that of
the police, is complex and uneven."
Websdale concludes his discussion in chapter five by stating that
"the law and the rural judiciary do not neatly reproduce rural patriarchy
(Websdale,1999:155)." Provide
examples to illustrate what Websdale means by these statements.
4)
What are some of the reasons why battered women are
dissatisfied with the treatment of their cases by judges.
WORKSHEET ON CHAPTER SIX – Due April 16
For
each of the following define it, provide an example and illustrate its
significance in Websdale’s research.
1)
state
2)
“agencies of state feminism”
3)
“ … one thing to enjoy a right and another thing
entirely to be able to exercise it.”
Answer each of the following questions in outline format. Give specific examples to illustrate each
1) At the
beginning of the text, Websdale states that "a mosaic of problems exists
when it comes to the state's delivering various services to rural women
(1998:xxx)." This theme is
developed more fully in this chapter. What exactly is this mosaic of problems? How do these effect battered women?
NO WORKSHEET ON CHAPTER SEVEN – ENTIRE CLASS RESPONSIBLE FOR
DISCUSSION