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DISABUSING THE DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE: HOW WOMEN BATTER MEN AND THEROLE OF THE FEMINIST STATE
L
INDA
K
ELLY
*
I
NTRODUCTION
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I. T
HE
S
TUDY OF
I
NTIMATE
V
IOLENCE
.............................................................794
A. The Early Studies
...................................................................................794
1. Use
.....................................................................................................795
2. Frequency
..........................................................................................797
3. Severity
..............................................................................................798
B. Recent Findings
......................................................................................799
II. T
HE
R
EACTIONS
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A. Denying Female Violence
.......................................................................801
1. By Woozles and Scare Tactics
..........................................................801
2. By Methodological Critique
..............................................................802
(a) CTS Challenges
........................................................................802
(b) Gender Concerns
.......................................................................804
B. Defending Female Violence
....................................................................805
1. Quantitative Criticisms
....................................................................805
2. Qualitative Criticisms
......................................................................808
C. Minimizing Female Violence
..................................................................809
D. Responding to the Critics: Why Female ViolenceMust Be Examined
.................................................................................810
III. T
HE
E
XPLANATIONS
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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
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IV. L
EGAL
I
MPLICATIONS
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A. Academic
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B. The Feminist State of Domestic Violence
..............................................824
1. Arrest
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(a) The Development of Arrest Policies and Theories:The Minneapolis Experiment and U.S. AttorneyGeneral’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, whomakes everything possible.
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