Exam 11: Battered Woman Syndrome, Rape Trauma Syndrome, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Studies show that the police are often _____ to arrest batterers and that restraining orders against intimate partners are _____.

Hypervigilance can best be described as:

The tension building phase of the cycle of violence, as hypothesized by Lenore Walker, is often represented by _____, whereas the contrition phase often includes _____ expressed by the abuser.

The three phases of a cycle of abuse, according to Lenore Walker, include all of the following, EXCEPT:

The text indicates that one possible application of a useful batterer typology is to:

After years of abuse and humiliation suffered at the hands of her husband, Katherine killed him when he was threatening her while brandishing a gun. Katherine's lawyers are most likely to argue:

What are the disadvantages of using PTSD over RTS and BWS in court?

The Ibn-Tamas v. United States (1979) was one of the first cases where a(n):

What was the reason that both judges in the Ibn-Tamas case prohibited expert testimony on battered woman syndrome (BWS) from being presented to the jury?

Marissa has been beaten by her husband on multiple occasions. She has learned to anticipate her husband's impending violence by carefully observing minute signs of his moods and behaviors. Which of the following terms is used to describe this type of heightened attentiveness in battered women?

Burgess and Holmstorm (1979) have described recovery from rape as a two-stage process consisting of the _____ phase and the _____ phase.

The term syndrome is used to describe a particular type of _____ or peculiar _____.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) contains _____ in its classification of mental disorders.

A study cited in the text found that the most likely combination to sway jurors towards more lenient sentencing for a battered woman who killed her abusive husband is expert testimony on _____ combined with a(n) _____ instruction.

Only 200 years ago, women were treated like _____ and most wife beatings were seen as a _____ matter.

The _____ component of battered woman syndrome is one of its most _____ aspects.

A common term used to describe a group of associated symptoms that lead to a significant dysfunction in the performance of normal activities is a:

Victims of rape trauma syndrome (RTS) and battered woman syndrome (BWS) may also meet the criteria for _____, which is an established medical diagnosis.

Rape trauma syndrome (RTS) has been:

Studies that analyzed verdicts reached in cases of battered women who killed their husbands or partners, found that _____ of the women were convicted, and expert testimony on BWS _____.