Synopsis
In the book Victims as Offenders, Miller exposes the failure of the criminal justice system in protecting victims of domestic violence and urges criminal justice agencies including, the police, courts, and corrections, to rethink its incident-driven nature, pro-arrest and mandatory arrest policies. These policies limit discretion and often leave victims vulnerable to manipulation by their abusers who have found a way to use and manipulate the criminal justice system to their advantage. Miller states arrest of women for assault within intimate relationships have increased drastically by forty percent over the past decade while arrests in men have dropped by one percent. The change in arrests of women for assault raised important questions. …show more content…
Triangulation refers to using multiple methods or data sources to collect and analyze data on the same subject/topic. This often involves multiple theoretical perspectives in examining and interpreting data. For this study, Miller examines the Family Violence Perspective, the National Crime Victimization Surveys, and the Feminist Perspective. Data for this study comes from in-depth interviews, ride-along studies, and participant observation in the field. The purpose and therein advantage of triangulation is its ability to promote a deeper understanding of a phenomenon. It is also utilized as an alternative to traditional methods of ensuring reliability and validity of a study and its …show more content…
Miller lists the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAW) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), as the two well-respected surveys. The NCVS is conducted by the U.S Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The NCVS surveys forty-five thousand households, age range from twelve and over. Members of the sample are interviewed in person and over the phone every six months for three years. Respondents are asked about various types of criminal victimization, including violent intimate victimization. The NVAW is sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveys. The NVAW surveyed eight thousand men and eight thousand women, resulting in a sample size of sixteen thousand households. As stated, NVAW survey questions are framed within the context of personal safety and conflict resolution, including a wide range of behaviors that meet the definition of rape in most states. Findings for both surveys revealed that men utilize physical assault more than women. Specifically, results from the NVAW suggested that men used physical assault three times more than women. Compared to the NCVS, NVAW findings noted higher rates of domestic violence for both rape and physical
In the book Victims as Offenders, Miller exposes the failure of the criminal justice system in protecting victims of domestic violence and urges criminal justice agencies including, the police, courts, and corrections, to rethink its incident-driven nature, pro-arrest and mandatory arrest policies. These policies limit discretion and often leave victims vulnerable to manipulation by their abusers who have found a way to use and manipulate the criminal justice system to their advantage. Miller states arrest of women for assault within intimate relationships have increased drastically by forty percent over the past decade while arrests in men have dropped by one percent. The change in arrests of women for assault raised important questions. …show more content…
Triangulation refers to using multiple methods or data sources to collect and analyze data on the same subject/topic. This often involves multiple theoretical perspectives in examining and interpreting data. For this study, Miller examines the Family Violence Perspective, the National Crime Victimization Surveys, and the Feminist Perspective. Data for this study comes from in-depth interviews, ride-along studies, and participant observation in the field. The purpose and therein advantage of triangulation is its ability to promote a deeper understanding of a phenomenon. It is also utilized as an alternative to traditional methods of ensuring reliability and validity of a study and its …show more content…
Miller lists the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAW) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), as the two well-respected surveys. The NCVS is conducted by the U.S Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The NCVS surveys forty-five thousand households, age range from twelve and over. Members of the sample are interviewed in person and over the phone every six months for three years. Respondents are asked about various types of criminal victimization, including violent intimate victimization. The NVAW is sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveys. The NVAW surveyed eight thousand men and eight thousand women, resulting in a sample size of sixteen thousand households. As stated, NVAW survey questions are framed within the context of personal safety and conflict resolution, including a wide range of behaviors that meet the definition of rape in most states. Findings for both surveys revealed that men utilize physical assault more than women. Specifically, results from the NVAW suggested that men used physical assault three times more than women. Compared to the NCVS, NVAW findings noted higher rates of domestic violence for both rape and physical