Deck 1: The More We Learn, the Less We Know: a Brief History of the Field of Child Abuse and Neglect

Question 1

Which of the following programs would the author advocate for?

A)A community health center that also houses and conducts meetings with child advocacy services, legal advocates, and law enforcement.
B)A hospital-based child advocate that reports back to other stakeholder agencies.
C)A program that is run by a government board of advisors.
D)A program that is based on schools.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What part of the world did the author hope to study in order to find a model to that might better address child maltreatment?

A)Germany and Belgium
B)Belgium and Spain
C)Belgium and the Netherlands
D)The Netherlands and Germany

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In the past 25 years, child physical and sexual abuse rates have ______.

A)declined dramatically
B)stayed relatively stable
C)declined only slightly
D)continued to rise

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The main purpose the author states for providing the three historical references is to do which of the following?

A)To highlight important works that those working in child maltreatment should be aware of for historical context.
B)To highlight just how far child maltreatment laws have come.
C)To provide the reader with a reference list for further reading on the history of child abuse and neglect.
D)To give the reader an exhaustive historical analysis of child abuse and neglect.

Question 5

The author maintains that child protection policy is driven by ______.

A)data
B)lobbyists
C)advocacy groups
D)scandal

Question 6

According to Mr.Kempe why did he take on the problem of child maltreatment (or the battered child)?

A)Because he wanted to help children get justice.
B)Because he encountered misdiagnoses that denied child in the emergency room and claimed it did not do any food for the abused child, the child's siblings, or his parents.
C)Because he encountered a lot of denial in the court systems when it came to recognizing and acknowledging child abuse.
D)Because Mr.Kempe had a passion for helping marginalized and vulnerable populations.

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the sentiment the author has regarding the data the U.S.Child Protection System collects?

A)useful and consistent
B)inconsistent and not useful
C)helpful in determining outcomes
D)not helpful for determining outcomes

Question 8

Once child maltreatment was recognized the initial response was to?

A)keep families together and provide treatment to the offender
B)rescue the child and put him or her in foster care
C)get criminal courts involved
D)engage a multidisciplinary team

Question 9

According to the author, very few practitioners working in child maltreatment, in first quarter of the 21st century, have a clear understanding of which of the following?

A)The negative long-term effects of child maltreatment.
B)The definitional issues surrounding child maltreatment.
C)What constitutes child neglect?
D)The history of child maltreatment.

Question 10

Kempe and Helfer's second book, Helping the Battered Child and His Family, focused more on which of the following?

A)the roles of various professionals in responding to child maltreatment
B)the courts and the outcomes of child maltreatment cases
C)offenders and their treatment
D)prevention efforts

Question 11

Prevalence studies in the 1980s showed that at least ______ of adult women and ______ of adult men had experienced some form of sexual abuse by the time they were adults.

A)13%; 6%
B)40%; 15%
C)25%; 10%
D)25%; 16%

Question 12

How has the Affordable Care Act (ACA) impacted the Nurse Family Partnership?

A)The ACA has defunded the Nurse Family Partnership.
B)The ACA has funded thereby expanding the Nurse Family Partnership.
C)The ACA has had no effect on the Nurse Family Partnership.
D)The ACA has provided little funds for the Nurse Family Partnership thereby shrinking the program.

Question 13

Which of the following research agendas would the author be most likely to support?

A)Research that looks specifically at child sexual abuse epidemiology.
B)A comprehensive research plan that includes analysis of all forms of child maltreatment, epidemiology, and treatment and prevention.
C)A plan focused primarily on treatment and prevention because rates of child mal treatment have plateaued.
D)Research that gathers data on treatment outcomes.

Question 14

______ is an approach based on trying to help abused children and their families rather than immediately investigating them to try to "substantiate" a case.

A)Proactive response
B)Reactive response
C)Differential response
D)Frequent response

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT discussed by the author as a goal of Child Advocacy Centers (CACs)?

A)To bring professional agencies together for prosecution.
B)To ensure defendant rights were being upheld.
C)Minimizing potential trauma to the child.
D)To use a multidisciplinary approach to recognition, treatment, and prevention.

Question 16

Which of the following topics were NOT listed as being covered by Robert ten Bensel, Marguerite Rheinberger, and Samuel Radbill in The Battered Child, 5th edition?

A)Discussion of infanticide.
B)History of pedophilia.
C)Historical analysis of child neglect.
D)Advancement of children's rights over the last two centuries.

Question 17

According to the text, what prompted the formation of the U.S.Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect?

A)Specific children's advocacy groups protesting.
B)Children's rights lobbyists working with congress to create the committee.
C)A few high-profile child abuse fatality cases, each of which had open CPS files.
D)A Presidential mandate.

Question 18

Why should readers of the handbook care who Henry Kempe is?

A)Henry Kempe is the contemporary father of studies related to child maltreatment.
B)Henry Kempe has historically played a pivotal role in the studies of child maltreatment.
C)Henry Kempe was the first man convicted of child maltreatment.
D)Henry Kempe's parents sent him to London and then the United States to escape Nazi persecution of Jews.

Question 19

The number of reported cases of child maltreatment in 1969 was estimated at ______.

A)769
B)7,000
C)55,000
D)60,000

Question 20

Which of the following best describes the dynamic that complicated the issue of child sexual abuse in the 1980s?

A)Often the court systems failed to take reports of child sexual abuse seriously in the 1980s.
B)Sexual abuse cases were always tried in civil court when they were a criminal matter.
C)The topic became very polarized with active advocacy groups on the side of believing children, and advocacy groups on the side of parental rights.
D)Because sexual abuse cases are tried as a criminal matter, but child maltreatment is investigated through child welfare, there needed to be coordination between law enforcement and child welfare.

Question 21

Explain what factors led to the 1980s being the right time to recognize the problem of child sexual abuse in the United States?

Question 22

Name and summarize the three historic references that are foundation to understanding the historical context of child maltreatment in the United States.

Question 23

The author focuses heavily on the contributions of Henry Kempe, please explain in your own words Kempe's contributions to the field.

Question 24

Which of the following summarizes Judge John J.Delaney and Henry Kempe's attitudes toward the criminal justice system with regard to child maltreatment?

A)critical of the rate at which children were being removed from their homes
B)supportive of the level of sanctioning of child maltreatment offenders
C)critical of the way the criminal justice system seemed to be protecting criminals instead of children
D)supportive of the way the system was protecting children

Question 25

Please explain what the author suggests as the next steps in terms of child maltreatment?

Question 26

Please discuss the complicated nature of systems addressing child sexual abuse in the United States in the 1980s?