@article{Hare_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Coding Open-ended Responses: Battered Women’s Opinions on Prosecution}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/coding-open-ended-responses-battered-womens}, abstractNote={These data give students an opportunity to hear from survivors themselves about their opinions of this step in the criminal justice process. It can be a good learning experience when coupled with material on the debates surrounding current CJ policies on mandatory arrest and preferred prosecution of domestic violence cases. The accepted beliefs on this topic have been that battered women don’t prosecute because they fear the abuser, are too emotionally/financially committed to do without him, or are dissatisfied with the criminal justice process. Empirical studies that ask battered women the question, however, find more acceptance of prosecution than expected and more nuanced opinions on the matter (Weisz 2002; Hare 2006). These data could be used in methods/statistics classes, criminal justice courses, family violence classes, and gender courses.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Hare, Sara}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }