Deck 5: Violence in the Home

Question 1

______ refers to the inequity of power held by males over females.The term comes from the Greek word for patriarch or "father as ruler."

A) masculinity
B) cycle of violence
C) violent criminal
D) patriarchy

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In 1981,the first large-scale experiment to test the deterrent effects of arrest on batterers,called the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment,was conducted by ______.

A) Lawrence Sherman and Richard Berk.
B) Edwin Sutherland
C) Bandura
D) John Douglas

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The intergenerational transmission of violence theory,sometimes referred to as the _____,contends that those who experience and/or witness violence as a child are more likely to become violent in adulthood,compared with children who do not experience or witness violence.

A) conflict resolution
B) rational choice
C) social learning
D) cycle of violence

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Virtually all states and the District of Columbia have ______ policies for felony domestic assaults and warrantless arrests for an unwitnessed domestic violence-related misdemeanor assault.

A) optional arrest
B) lawsuits
C) mandatory arrest
D) general deterrence

Question 5

______ theory contends that would-be offenders will be deterred from engaging in a behavior if they believe they will be punished (e.g.,arrested).

A) social learning
B) cycle of violence
C) general deterrence
D) specific deterrence

Question 6

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)interviews all household members aged ______ or older,not just adults.

A) 18
B) 12
C) 10
D) 24

Question 7

The ______ mandated to expansion of the services available to strengthen families as well as to provide additional supports for children who must be placed outside the home.

A) Family Preservation and Support Services Act of 1993
B) Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act
C) Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act of 2011
D) The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act

Question 8

In ______,the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)developed a Stalking Resource Center.The mission of the program is to raise awareness of stalking and to encourage the development and implementation of multidisciplinary responses to stalking in local communities across the United States.

A) 1975
B) 1950
C) 2000
D) 2010

Question 9

In 1962,the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association published an article in which this term was first coined and which provided a means to publicize the problem.

A) Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
B) victim empowerment
C) cycle of violence
D) battered-child syndrome

Question 10

The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of _____ was intended to prevent unwarranted removal of children from their families by making "reasonable efforts" to keep families together or to unify families in a timely manner if placement could not be avoided.

A) 1970
B) 2000
C) 1980
D) 1990

Question 11

______ is one of the most recent types of family violence to be acknowledged as a social problem,and it is one of the most difficult types of violence to uncover for a number of reasons that include the isolation of the victims (i.e.,they don't go to school like children)as well as the extreme shame that many elders feel as a result of their victimization.

A) gender abuse
B) age abuse
C) legal abuse
D) elder abuse

Question 12

In what year did the CDC conduct the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)?

A) 1975
B) 1995
C) 2010
D) 2020

Question 13

Family violence is an umbrella term that includes a wide range of behaviors,including physical,sexual,financial,and verbal or other emotional abuse between a number of dyadic relationships: intimates (e.g.,spouses and ex-spouses,boy/girl-friends and exes); parents and children; siblings; and the elderly and their caregivers,including their children.

Question 14

______ state(s)has a child protection services division that is mandated to protect and remove children from abusive situations.

A) 47
B) 25
C) 30
D) each

Question 15

In ______,the U.S.Congress passed a landmark piece of legislation called the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

A) 1994
B) 2014
C) 2004
D) 1984

Question 16

In ______,Congress passed the Older Americans Act,which was the first piece of national legislation that expressed society's commitment to protect vulnerable older Americans at risk.

A) 1965
B) 1975
C) 1985
D) 2005

Question 17

In 2010,Congress passed the ______,which was the first comprehensive federal legislation to address elder abuse.

A) adult protective services
B) Elder Justice Act (EJA)
C) Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection Act
D) Older Americans Act

Question 18

This intervention requires pediatricians to conduct a risk assessment during routine primary care services and requires physician training to better help them identify and address the risk factors for abuse and neglect.

A) Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK)
B) child protection services division
C) Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act of 2011
D) Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980

Question 19

______ generally means that victims' rights and wishes are factored into the process of administering justice.

A) victimless crimes
B) victim empowerment
C) victim advocate
D) victim's rights

Question 20

For current estimates of _____,there are two large nationally representative surveys we can use: the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)and the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)conducted by the CDC.

A) FBI
B) crime
C) heinous crime
D) IPV

Question 21

Intimate partner violence has been around forever,but it has only been in the past 60 years or so that it has finally been acknowledged as a social problem and a crime.

Question 22

Discuss the risk factors associated with physical child abuse.

Question 23

Although most states in the United States still do not legally recognize marriage outside of heterosexual relationships,there are hundreds of thousands of nontraditional families in this country comprising same-sex unions both with and without children.

Question 24

To decrease the likelihood of dual arrests,some states have incorporated language such as "primary aggressor" or "predominant aggressor" within their statutes.

Question 25

Discuss elder abuse and the United States and why these crimes go unreported to law enforcement authorities.

Question 26

Stalking first entered our society's consciousness after the murder of Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989.Rebecca was a 21-year-old actress starring in a popular sitcom,My Sister Sam.

Question 27

Research conducted by Cupach and Spitzberg identified eight specific tactics commonly employed by stalkers.List all eights specific tactics along with a brief description of each.

Question 28

Optional prosecution requires government attorneys to bring criminal charges against batterers,regardless of the wishes of the victim.

Question 29

Today,35 states offer victims of IPV some form of civil protection or temporary restraining order.

Question 30

Coordinated community responses to violence against women across the domains of criminal justice,social services,and victim advocacy groups are increasingly being employed to both prevent and ameliorate the consequences of this violence.