Exam 12: Intimate Violence and Sexual Abuse

All 50 states have laws that prohibit dating violence.

It is a federal crime, punishable by up to 20 years in prison, to manufacture, distribute, or possess GHB.

Historically and culturally, women have been considered "appropriate" victims of domestic violence.

The women who are most at risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence are

Learned helplessness is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Today, many of the largest U.S.police forces have implemented _____ policies in which discretion is removed from police officers responding to a call about intimate violence.

When do women stay in violent relationships?

Sibling violence:

The Centers for Disease Control estimate an annual cost from lost productivity due to domestic violence of

Marital violence may erupt over domestic issues such as child rearing.

Discuss three of the models of family violence presented in the text.

The view that violence stems from social systems that have traditionally placed women in a subordinate role to men is the _____ model of family violence.

The Centers for Disease Control estimate that intimate violence costs approximately _____ annually.

Women may believe that even a father who beats a mother is better than no father at all.

The most common perpetrators of sexual abuse are males.

Finkelhor and Browne's model of sexual abuse contains all of the following components EXCEPT

One in _____ high school females has been sexually or physically abused by a dating partner.

Evaluations of many different programs used in working with offenders indicate that these programs are

What model of family violence raises the costs of violent behavior through such means as arrest, imprisonment, or loss of status?

Discuss the three sets of factors; parental characteristics, child characteristics, and family ecosystem; that put families at risk for child abuse and neglect.