Exam 1: History and Definitions of Intimate Violence and Maltreatment

Who defines social problems for the public?

What does it mean to say that social problems are social constructions? Give an example.

What factors go into explaining the prevalence of rape? What makes prevalence difficult to answer? Why is this difficulty something to be concerned about?

What do prevention strategies aim to do?

What group is a claims maker arguing that spanking is NOT child abuse?

What percentage of Americans believe that a childless,unmarried couple makes a family?

Why do child neglect and psychological maltreatment receive less attention?

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the claims makers advocated for rape on college campuses as a social problem?

What are the four ways that violence tends to be interconnected? Why is this important to know when studying violence?

Parents choosing to selectively abort a child with unwanted features,such a sex or disability,is called __________.

What event marked the medical community as claims makers?

What factor does NOT result in reduced arrests in IPV cases?

What practice in the United States is currently not considered abuse,but some claims makers are emerging to consider it abuse?

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.Which were the last forms of child abuse to attract attention?

Which of the following was NOT a rape myth activists were challenging in the 70s?

The earliest rape laws in the United States can be traced to the 17th century.

________ challenge a social practice to redefine it as a social problem.

Some researchers find that wives push/hit their husbands as often as husbands push/hit their wives.

Child physical abuse is:

The authors of the text argue that most victims only experience victimization in one way.