The Minneapolis experiment on Domestic Violence was a research which was conducted in between 1981 and 1982. It was done by Lawrence W. Sherman. The aim was to understand the efficiency of police reactions to the different complaints of domestic violence from the residents of Minneapolis, a city in Minnesota. To evaluate the effectiveness of various police responses to domestic violence calls in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The research was done in collaboration with the Police Foundation and the police department of the city. It was financed by the National Institute of Justice. The research influenced the police functioning systems of that time. Due to this research, a lot of states and government bodies introduced new laws and policies that empowered the police to arrest suspects of domestic violence compulsorily, without the need of any warrant, as long as the investigating police officers see reason. The changes in the legal system and police reactions related to domestic violence were caused due to this study. It has been claimed that experiments should not be used in the social sciences as they are unreliable, impractical and unethical. This paper aims to discuss this statement with reference to the Minneapolis experiment (Richard, 1993).
明尼阿波利斯实验对家庭暴力是一个研究进行了在1981和1982之间。它是由劳伦斯W.舍曼做的。目的是了解警察的反应效率，从明尼阿波利斯的居民家庭暴力的不同的投诉，明尼苏达市。探讨各警察反应有效家庭暴力的呼吁在明尼阿波利斯，明尼苏达。这项研究是在与警方的基础和城市的警察部门合作完成。它是由国家司法研究所资助。研究影响警察运作系统的时间。由于本研究，许多国家和政府出台了新的法律和政策，授权警察逮捕犯罪嫌疑人的家庭暴力强制，没有任何需要，只要调查的警官看到原因。变化中的法律体系和警察对家庭暴力相关的反应是由于本研究所。它一直声称，实验不应该被用在社会科学都是不可靠的，不切实际的，不道德的。本文依据明尼阿波利斯实验讨论这个声明（李察，1993）。
