Deck 5: The State of Child Maltreatment and Child Protection Worldwide

Question 1

The African Network for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect started with a particular focus on ______?

A)female genital mutilation
B)child sexual abuse
C)child rights
D)child abuse prevention

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In what year was the first recorded case of child maltreatment in Saudi Arabia?

A)1986
B)1999
C)1990
D)2000

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Chapter 5 draws on survey data gathered by which of the follow organizations?

A)International Commission on Child Abuse
B)World Health Organization
C)United Nations Commission on Child Maltreatment
D)International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Although early medical writers regarded child abuse as a medical condition, we now know that it is ______.

A)a mental health condition
B)a social-psychological phenomenon
C)a psychological diagnosis
D)a criminal activity

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a common prevention strategy discussed by the authors?

A)media campaigns
B)advocacy for children's rights
C)professional training
D)perpetrator rehabilitation

Question 6

More than half of the countries asked about CM over the past 4 years said that it had ______.

A)increased
B)decreased
C)leveled off
D)stayed the same

Question 7

For industrialized countries a major concern is preventing ______?

A)intrafamilial child abuse and neglect
B)child sexual abuse
C)severe physical child abuse
D)long-term effects of child abuse

Question 8

Services for parents, children, and general services were most available in ______ countries.

A)middle-income
B)high-income
C)Western
D)Eastern European

Question 9

______ of countries maintain an official count of child maltreatment cases.

A)Sixty percent
B)Ninety percent
C)Eighty-six percent
D)Seventy-seven percent

Question 10

"Social conditions" defined as CM by around ______ of respondents included physical beating of a child by any adult, child prostitution, infanticide, and child labor under age 12.

A)85%
B)75%
C)95%
D)90%

Question 11

______ of countries required reports of child maltreatment to be investigated within a specific time period.

A)About 33%
B)Almost 60%
C)50%
D)75%

Question 12

______ of report policies for mandatory perpetrator services.

A)Only 40%
B)About 25%
C)Nearly 50%
D)Only 35%

Question 13

Rates of those that considered physical discipline or spanking suggest which of the following?

A)That physical discipline is largely considered unacceptable globally.
B)That physical discipline remains an accepted disciplinary practice in many countries.
C)That people don't understand the definition of physical abuse.
D)That physical discipline has been verging on an epidemic.

Question 14

Ninety-three percent indicated that their country had a national policy, with ______ established before 2000.

A)half
B)75%
C)two thirds
D)few

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT one of the behaviors less often viewed as child maltreatment discussed by the authors?

A)parent mental illness affecting the child
B)female genital mutilation
C)serving as a child soldier
D)child sexual abuse

Question 16

Nations have come to recognize and address child maltreatment at different times and in a different manner.Which of the following statements summarizes what nations have in common about emergent awareness?

A)Almost all nations now recognize physical child abuse.
B)Often it has been individuals or small groups of people who have been courageous enough to raise awareness, followed by national societies
C)It has been national professional multidisciplinary societies that have sparked the rising awareness globally.
D)It has been pressure from the United Nation that has been the primary driver of global awareness.

Question 17

______ of countries reported having child death review teams.

A)Forty percent
B)Fifty percent
C)Sixty percent
D)Twenty percent

Question 18

Which of the following describe the two types of reporting discussed in the chapter?

A)required and voluntary
B)voluntary and criminal
C)mandatory and voluntary
D)medical and criminal

Question 19

The 1989 United Nations Convention on the rights of the child has been ratified by all countries except ______?

A)South Sudan
B)Somalia
C)The United States
D)Syria

Question 20

______ countries provide access to a greater range of prevention strategies than the rest of the world.

A)European
B)Western
C)Asian
D)American

Question 21

Please summarize the main barriers to preventing child maltreatment discussed in the chapter.

Question 22

What do the authors conclude generally about global child maltreatment prevalence, barriers, and policy?

Question 23

Choose three countries or regions discussed in the text and explain how and when child maltreatment emerged within each region or country.

Question 24

Please discuss the various reasons cited by the authors that it is so challenging to write a chapter or discuss child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment on a global scale.

Question 25

Discuss the global statistics for services available to parents, children, and general services addressing child maltreatment.