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30 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 791 (2002-2003)
Disabusing the Definition of Domestic Abuse: How Women Batter Men and the Role of the Feminist State

handle is hein.journals/flsulr30 and id is 825 raw text is: DISABUSING THE DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE: HOW WOMEN BATTER MEN AND THE ROLE OF THE FEMINIST STATE LINDA KELLY* INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 792 I. THE STUDY OF INTIMATE VIOLENCE ............................................................. 794 A. The Early Studies ................................................................................... 794 1. U se .................................................................................................... 79 5 2. Frequency .......................................................................................... 797 3. Severity... ......................................... 798 B. Recent Findings ...................................................................................... 799 II. THE REACTIONS ............................................................................................. 800 A. Denying Female Violence ....................................................................... 801 1. By Woozles and Scare Tactics ................................ 801 2. By Methodological Critique .........................................................8 02 (a) CTS Challenges ........................................................................ 802 (b) Gender Concerns ....................................................................... 804 B. Defending Female Violence .................................................................... 805 1. Quantitative Criticisms .................................................................... 805 2. Qualitative Criticisms ...................................................................... 808 C. M inimizing Female Violence .................................................................. 809 D. Responding to the Critics: Why Female Violence Must Be Examined ................................................................................ 810 III. THE EXPLANATIONS ....................................................................................... 814 A. Female Violence: A Theoretical Threat .................................................. 814 1. The Development of the Patriarchal Definition ............................... 814 of Domestic Violence ........................................................................ 814 2. Challenging Domestic Violence, Challenging Feminism ................ 817 (a) Through Theory ........................................................................ 817 (b) Through Methodology ............................................................... 818 B. Female Violence: A Practical Threat ..................................................... 820 1. Financial Concerns ......................................................................... 820 2. Marketing Dilemmas ........................................................................ 821 3. Vindictive Possibilities ..................................................................... 822 IV. LEGAL IMPLICATIONS ..................................................................................... 822 A. Academic ................................................................................................. 822 B. The Feminist State of Domestic Violence .............................................. 824 1. A rrest ................................................................................................. 824 (a) The Development of Arrest Policies and Theories: The Minneapolis Experiment and U.S. Attorney General's Report ......................................................................... 824 (b) The Gendered Promotion of Arrest ........................................... 830 (c) The Statistics ............................................................................ 830 (d) Thurman v. City of Torrington ................................................ 832 2. Prosecution ........................................................................................ 836 (a) The Development of Prosecution Policies and Theories .......... 836 (b) The Gendered Promotion of Prosecution ................................. 839 * Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis. B.A., 1988, University of Virginia; J.D., 1992, University of Virginia. Special thanks to John Hill, who makes everything possible. 791

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