Deck 10: Victimization at the Beginning and End of Life: Child and Elder Abuse

Question 1

The ______ officially defined child abuse and neglect.

A) Justice for All Act
B) Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
C) Parens Patriae Act
D) Child Victims of Crime Act

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which types of laws allow mothers or custodial parents to drop off newborns to approved agencies without the fear of criminal prosecution?

A) safe shield laws
B) safe baby laws
C) parental alternative laws
D) safe haven laws

Answer 2

D

Question 3

______ represents crime that has gone unreported.

A) Unreported crime
B) Dark figure of crime
C) Absent crime
D) Additional crime

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which group of caretakers is the most likely to perpetrate child maltreatment?

A) paternal grandparents
B) stepparents
C) biological parents
D) cohabitants of single parents

Question 5

Shaken baby syndrome is thought to account for how many deaths per year?

A) 200-300
B) 500-750
C) 900-1,100
D) 1,200-1,400

Question 6

The first juvenile court was implemented in Cook County, Illinois, in ______.

A) 1872
B) 1880
C) 1899
D) 1910

Question 7

Which organization developed after the 1875 child maltreatment case in which an organization not geared toward children had to represent the child?

A) New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
B) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
C) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
D) Wisconsin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Question 8

Which type of child maltreatment occurs when a caretaker has failed to attend to a child's basic needs?

A) neglect
B) physical abuse
C) psychological abuse
D) sexual abuse

Question 9

Courts often assign maltreated children advocates from ______ organization so they can provide protection and guidance in the case as needed.

A) guardian ad litem
B) Child Protective Services
C) Child Advocacy Centers
D) Child Savers

Question 10

The ______ created the Long-Term Care Ombudsmen Program.

A) Elder Justice Act
B) Older Americans Act of 1965
C) Victims of Crime Act
D) Ombudsmen Act of 1972

Question 11

Children in which age range have the highest rates of victimization?

A) birth to age 1
B) ages 3-5
C) ages 8-11
D) teenagers

Question 12

______ represents the idea that when children take on care of their parents, there is an increase in the stress in the relationship, which could lead to elder maltreatment.

A) Dependency theory
B) Juxtaposition theory
C) General strain theory
D) Caretaker theory

Question 13

The criminal justice system has conviction rate of what percentage in child maltreatment cases?

A) 27%
B) 48%
C) 62%
D) 94%

Question 14

When children live with a single parent who has a cohabitating partner, the likelihood that they will be maltreated increases by how much?

A) 2×
B) 5×
C) 10×
D) 20×

Question 15

In the 1940s and 1950s, ______ community brought attention back to the issue of child maltreatment.

A) social service community
B) women's rights community
C) law enforcement community
D) medical community

Question 16

Which organization was the first to intervene on behalf of a mistreated child in 1875?

A) New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
B) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
C) Child Protective Services
D) Guardian ad Litem

Question 17

When abuse and/or neglect is perpetrated by someone within an institution, the group most likely to perpetrate said maltreatment is ______.

A) doctors
B) psychiatric staff
C) administrative staff
D) nursing aides

Question 18

Which type of elder abuse occurs when a caretaker illegally or improperly uses an elderly person's property or funds?

A) power of attorney abuse
B) neglect
C) financial exploitation
D) emotional abuse

Question 19

______ occurs when an elderly person fails to care for himself or herself.

A) Neglect
B) Physical abuse
C) Self-neglect
D) Psychological abuse

Question 20

The Long-Term Care Ombudsmen Program was created to evaluate abuse and neglect perpetrated by ______.

A) familial caretakers
B) the elderly person him or herself
C) on-home nurse's aids
D) institutional caretakers

Question 21

Children who are neglected may not have their basic developmental needs met and may suffer from developmental delays.

Question 22

Very little elder maltreatment is reported to police.

Question 23

The very nature of being ______ may place children at risk.

A) curious
B) impulsive
C) talkative
D) a child

Question 24

More than ______ of child maltreatment incidents in 2016 were perpetrated by one or both parents.

A) 90%
B) 80%
C) 70%
D) 60%

Question 25

Over 70% of children who die from maltreatment were under the age of 3.

Question 26

Children who have a disability are more likely to be maltreated than other children.

Question 27

People over the age of 90 account for close to half of the substantiated elder maltreatment cases.

Question 28

Children are allowed to testify through videotape or closed-circuit television in court.

Question 29

Examples of emotional abuse include ______.

A) name calling
B) yelling
C) bullying
D) all of these

Question 30

Abuse and neglect have no influence on the psychological effect of a child.

Question 31

Laws that addressed child maltreatment did not exist until 1945.

Question 32

About 66% of child deaths were attributed to neglect only.

Question 33

Elder maltreatment is abuse of a person over the age of 72.

Question 34

Research shows that young fatherhood is a risk factor for child maltreatment.

Question 35

Child abuse victims are more likely to be involved in delinquency and criminal behavior than nonabused children.

Question 36

Parents with addictions often fail to place their children before their addiction and may leave their children alone and unsupervised or in the care of untrustworthy people.

Question 37

Examples of physical abuse include ______.

A) hitting
B) burning
C) slapping
D) all of these

Question 38

One key factor in the lives of children who are maltreated is that they come from families living in ______.

A) the southern portion of the United States
B) rural communities
C) poverty
D) dangerous neighborhoods

Question 39

Most child maltreatment cases reported to Child Protective Services were reporting neglect.

Question 40

People abuse or neglect their children because they experienced or witnessed such behavior when they were younger.

Question 41

Describe at least two familial risk factors for child maltreatment?

Question 42

Why might an elderly victim choose not to report maltreatment?

Question 43

Why is it difficult to determine the amount of child maltreatment that occurs?

Question 44

What types of psychological effects are common for victims of abuse and neglect?

Question 45

What categories of workers are mandated reporters and what is their responsibility?