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Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 19, No. 5, 603-618 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504263249

Ethical and Safety Considerations When Obtaining Information From or About Battered Women for Research Purposes

Cris M. Sullivan

Michigan State University

Debra Cain

Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board

More and more researchers, evaluators, and policy makers are recognizing that in order to best understand the factors precipitating, supporting, and prohibiting intimate violence against women, we must often gather information directly from battered women themselves. Such data collection, however, is not without its risks to the women involved in such studies. It is important that researchers and evaluators consider ethical issues, especially but not limited to those related to safety and confidentiality, before attempting to gather information either directly from battered women or through their records or files. This article provides a number of practical strategies and protocols that have been used successfully when gathering sensitive information from and about women with abusive partners.

Key Words: safety • confidentiality • ethical • domestic violence


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