Deck 15: Where Do We Go From Here

Question 1

Where did much of the awareness of spousal abuse derive from in the United States?

A) The Civil Rights Movement.
B) World War II and women's time in the labor force.
C) The Feminist Movement of the 60's and 70's.
D) The New Right Movement.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

2.3 million Americans over age 60 and 5.8 million children experience abuse each year.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Feminist Theories focus on:

A) The role that power and privilege play in family violence.
B) The role that environmental stressors and context play in producing family violence.
C) The family as a unit with complex relationships.
D) The role of mothers and fathers in family violence.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Family Theories focus on:

A) The role that environmental stressors and context play in producing family violence.
B) Family as a unit with complex relationships and conflict.
C) Violence as a mechanism for resolving conflict or solving behavioral problems.
D) Answers b and c are correct.

Question 5

The most common form of abuse is Intimate Partner Violence - 50% of all women will experience one abusive incident.

Question 6

Which of the following statements describes a negative consequence associated with Intimate Partner Violence:

A) Long-term psychological effects of premature sex engagement.
B) Intimate Partner Violence ruins individual lives and families.
C) Perpetuation of cycles of violence, through experiencing and witnessing Intimate Partner Violence.
D) All of the above.

Question 7

Prior to the mid-twentieth century, there was a high tolerance for responding to undesirable behavior in children with:

A) Corporal punishment
B) Executions
C) Name- calling
D) Imprisonment

Question 8

The most common form of family violence is:

A) Child Abuse
B) Intimate Partner Violence
C) Elder Abuse
D) Marital Violence

Question 9

Boys who witness intimate partner violence during childhood have ______ the risk for committing violence against future partners than boys who do not witness IPV.

A) Double
B) Triple
C) Quadruple
D) The same

Question 10

The theory of intergenerational transmission of violence suggests that predilection to be violent and abusive is inherited from one generation to another.

Question 11

Prosecutors are reluctant to pursue family violence cases because:

A) Responders report that it is hard to tell who initiated the violence.
B) Beliefs about corporal punishment and gender roles constrain responders' ability to identify abuse.
C) Victims are often too scared to testify or press charges.
D) All of the above

Question 12

Looking at the big picture, all forms of family violence are outgrowths of biological differences between men and women.

Question 13

One in four women are likely to be involved in an abusive relationship.

Question 14

Education for all professionals interacting with victims, holding perpetrators accountable, and alternatives to incarceration are all:

A) Proposals for change.
B) Sites for intervention.
C) The current reality in the Criminal Justice System.
D) None of the above.

Question 15

Incarceration is not always the best option for abusers.

Question 16

Which of the following should be considered as part of an economic reform to reduce systems of social inequality?

A) The need for both men and women to contribute to their households, unless one is incapable of doing so.
B) The need for a living wage for all employees.
C) The need to diminish the gender wage gap.
D) All of the above.

Question 17

Family violence is largely underestimated because a certain amount of it goes unreported and undetected, partially due to the fact that most family violence occurs inside the home (therefore there are no outside witnesses).

Question 18

Define the intergenerational transmission of violence theory and describe what beliefs can be passed down.

Question 19

Why is family violence so underestimated in data?

Question 20

How do experiences with violence in childhood shape violence in adulthood?

Question 21

What are Restorative Justice Models? Could these have better outcomes than incarceration?

Question 22

How could the health care system and the education system intervene in instances of physical or sexual abuse?

Question 23

What historical social changes took place that brought about the increased awareness of family violence?

Question 24

How would disrupting societal inequalities have an impact on family violence?

Question 25

What structural changes can be made in order to transform the nature of relationships to that of a partnership?