Deck 10: Intimate Partner Abuse IPA and Stalking

Question 1

Which term has been used increasingly since the 1990s to label abuse by current or former partners, dates, and lovers?

A) marital abuse
B) intimate partner violence
C) domestic violence
D) spousal abuse

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to the authors, what is the preferred label for abuse perpetrated by ex(partners)?

A) marital/spousal abuse
B) intimate partner violence
C) intimate partner abuse
D) domestic violence

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A course of conduct directed at a specific person that involves repeated visual or physical proximity, nonconsensual communication, or verbal, written or implied threats, or a combination thereof, that would cause a reasonable person fear is referred to as ______.

A) exploitation
B) harassment
C) stalking
D) bribery

Answer 3

C

Question 4

______ is central in intimate partner abuse and stalking.

A) Coercion
B) Power
C) Force
D) Intensity

Question 5

Which tactic is a part of Pence and Paymar's (1986) Power and Control Wheel?

A) force
B) isolation
C) bribery
D) exploitation

Question 6

According to Tong (1984), intimate partner abuse must ______.

A) be violent in order to classify as intimate partner abuse
B) involve a manifestation of domination and control
C) result in an arrest and conviction
D) occur between people who are currently in a relationship

Question 7

Which intimate partner abuse tactic is considered a subtactic?

A) stalking
B) pregnancy
C) emotional
D) physical

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of how tactics can overlap?

A) threatening a victim with harm
B) physically following a victim
C) slapping an intimate partner
D) raping a pregnant partner

Question 9

Which tactic is most thought of when people think of intimate partner abuse and battered women?

A) psychological intimate partner abuse
B) sexual intimate partner abuse
C) nonsexual physical intimate partner abuse
D) pregnancy abuse

Question 10

Which of the following statements pertaining to pregnancy abuse is true?

A) Pregnancy is one of the safest times for women in terms of intimate partner abuse.
B) Pregnancy abuse is most risky for women who are married.
C) The reasons for this type of abuse have everything to do with jealous and control.
D) Pregnancy abuse is only known to be physically harmful.

Question 11

Which type of intimate partner abuse is often minimized but is potentially extremely harmful?

A) physical
B) sexual
C) pregnancy
D) psychological/emotional

Question 12

According to survivors, ______ is the most damaging type of intimate partner abuse.

A) psychological/emotional
B) pregnancy
C) sexual
D) physical

Question 13

Which of the following was identified as one of the main reasons victims stay in abusive relationships and one of the main reasons they leave?

A) finances
B) shame
C) children
D) culture

Question 14

In a study on Mexican immigrant women, researchers found that for many intimate partner abuse victims, the worse tactic used by their abusers was ______.

A) verbal humiliation
B) harming their children
C) destructing property
D) social isolation

Question 15

Which type of abuse is highly related to economic abuse?

A) systems abuse
B) spiritual abuse
C) school sabotage
D) social isolation

Question 16

When the intimate partner abusers' friends, family members, and others also stalk their victims, usually at the abusers' requests/demands, they are ______.

A) proxy stalking
B) revenge stalking
C) resentful stalking
D) predatory stalking

Question 17

If an abuser engages a social service agency to harass and force meetings with the abused, then they are committing what type of abuse?

A) proxy stalking
B) systems
C) physical
D) economic

Question 18

Systems abuse is common in which of the following scenarios?

A) while the victim and abuser are dating
B) while the victim and abuser are friends, prior to dating
C) while the victim and abuser are married
D) while the victim and abuser are separated

Question 19

In a study on Latina intimate partner abuse, researchers found that most of the women who were not born in the United States were more likely to report being ______.

A) beat up
B) raped
C) forced to have sex without a condom
D) strangled

Question 20

Studies on intimate partner abuse in LGBTQI+ relationships reported that physical abuse perpetration was most likely by ______.

A) bisexual men
B) bisexual women
C) lesbian women
D) gay men

Question 21

Threatening institutionalization, taking away custody of children, and conveying judgmental attitudes based on the victims' disabilities are examples of ______ used on people with dis(abilities).

A) physical tactics
B) emotionally abusive tactics
C) neglect tactics
D) control/restraint tactics

Question 22

Withholding personal assistance is an example of a ______ tactic.

A) physical
B) emotional abusive
C) neglect
D) control/restraint

Question 23

Which of the following is an example of a neglect tactic used by abusers on people with dis(abilities)?

A) not contacting a physician when one is needed
B) withholding medication
C) threatening institutionalization
D) refusing social support

Question 24

Controlling assistive services is an example of which tactic used against disabled women?

A) physical
B) neglect
C) emotionally abusive
D) control/restraint

Question 25

Which of the following is an example of a traditional stalking tactic?

A) sending the victim unwanted gifts
B) email the victim threats
C) constantly text messaging the victim
D) GPS tracking the victim via their phone

Question 26

Which of the following concepts is at the heart of intimate partner abuse?

A) marginalized masculinity
B) complicit masculinity
C) toxic masculinity
D) hegemonic masculinity

Question 27

What is addressed as part of the platform by British and U.S. suffragists during the beginning of the 20th century?

A) wife beating
B) reproductive freedom
C) forced marriage
D) marital rape

Question 28

The first step in the current abused women's movement was ______.

A) furthering research pertaining to women's rights and sharing the information with the public
B) setting up of emergency shelters by women within each community
C) assisting in the implementation of government policy and programs that helped women
D) enacting legislation in accordance with women's rights

Question 29

The "pure victim" is characterized by which of the following?

A) is violent, even when not self-defending
B) has only experienced physical violence
C) suffers from abuse infrequently
D) is terrified by the abuse

Question 30

Which of the following findings pertaining to victimization and offending is true?

A) Men/boys are more likely than women to report being stalked by an (ex)partner.
B) Women/girls report significantly higher levels of fear.
C) Men/boys are far more likely to use violence in intimate patterns out of retaliation.
D) Women/girls are more likely to report that they find their victimization humorous.

Question 31

In an analysis of written narratives by men seeking protection orders against women (ex)partners, Durfee (2011) identified which of the following themes?

A) The men's descriptions of the violence they experienced focused on how they were no longer in control of the relationship.
B) The men described their active resistance to the abuse but were careful to note that their actions were not "abusive" and that they were not the "abusers."
C) Most of the men described both verbal and physical abuse and expressed fear of their partner.
D) Men typically underestimated their partner's ability to inflict physical injuries.

Question 32

During which phase of the cycle theory of violence do victims typically feel mounting pressure and the inevitability of an abusive explosion?

A) tension building
B) acute abuse incident
C) honeymoon
D) reemergence

Question 33

Which phase is considered to be the briefest of the three phases in the cycle theory of violence?

A) tension building
B) acute abuse incident
C) honeymoon
D) separation

Question 34

If the police are notified at all, it is usually done during which phase of the cycle theory of violence?

A) honeymoon
B) separation
C) tension-building
D) acute abuse incident

Question 35

Which phase is characterized by kindness and contrite loving behavior from the abuser who begs forgiveness and promises not to be violent again?

A) honeymoon
B) separation
C) tension-building
D) acute abuse incident

Question 36

Excuses are related to situational characteristics, such as ______.

A) being a bad cook
B) being unfaithful
C) being drunk
D) being too independent

Question 37

Which of the following is characteristic that abusers use to deny wrongness?

A) being frustrated
B) losing control
C) being drunk
D) being unfaithful

Question 38

Which of the following statements pertaining to justifications is true?

A) They are related to situational characteristics.
B) They legitimize abuse.
C) They include irrationalizing abuse.
D) They are often made up and sexist.

Question 39

The two most significant characteristics common among intimate partner abusers are that they are ______.

A) hostile and controlling
B) controlling and jealous
C) jealous and aggressive
D) aggressive and bitter

Question 40

Which theory contends that children who witness intimate partner abuse and/or are abused by their parents learn that violence is an acceptable way to resolve conflict?

A) differential association
B) cycle theory of violence
C) intergenerational transmission of violence
D) just world hypothesis

Question 41

Which of the following characteristics makes people vulnerable to all types of abuses?

A) having an education
B) having a steady job
C) having dependent children
D) have had no childhood victimization

Question 42

Research indicates that ______ women experience significantly higher risks of intimate partner abuse victimization.

A) African American
B) White
C) Latinx
D) American Indian

Question 43

A study of intimate partner abused mothers preparing to leave their abusers found that all mothers ______.

A) went through a phase of active planning
B) changed their minds and stayed
C) used mentally planning
D) went directly to leaving

Question 44

The degrees of abuse/threats to the victims and children are considered to be ______.

A) survivors' circumstances
B) victim characteristics
C) abuse tactics/subtactics
D) inhibitors to leaving/returning

Question 45

Abusers' threats to kill children and pets are examples of the phenomenon of ______.

A) force
B) compulsion
C) duress
D) entrapment

Question 46

According to a study of heterosexual African American women college students, which of the following is the first stage in the process of leaving their relationships?

A) assessing the relationship
B) separating from the abusive partner
C) reestablishing social networks
D) gaining a sense of self-empowerment

Question 47

According to research, ______ women who had been with their abusive partners for more than 5 years were more likely to leave than the others.

A) White
B) African American
C) Latinx
D) Asian American

Question 48

In the 1960s, which type of training and policies were implemented in police departments?

A) mediation
B) defensive tactics
C) negotiation
D) first aid

Question 49

Which is a feminist concern with pro-arrest policies?

A) The policies take decision making away from the victims.
B) The policies discriminate against victims.
C) The policies are not implemented uniformly across jurisdictions.
D) The polices do not impact subsequent violence toward abusers victims.

Question 50

Which of the following statements pertaining to protection orders is true?

A) The more severely abused the woman, the more likely she is to obtain an order.
B) Most are sought by women with abusive ex(partners).
C) They have been found to be more useful to dependent survivors.
D) It is fairly simple and easy for all women to obtain them.

Question 51

The most common victim-offender relationship in stalking is a current or former romantic/intimate partner.

Question 52

Much of the abuse perpetrated by (ex)partners is not violent per se.

Question 53

All scholars believe that intimate partner abuse cannot be a 1-time phenomenon.

Question 54

Pregnancy is one of the most dangerous, including lethal, times for women and girls abused by intimate partners.

Question 55

Genderist attacks take place when intimate partner abusers rely on a binary definition that sex/gender can only be female or male and employ transphobia in their abuse.

Question 56

Hegemonic masculinity is a biologically determined pattern of men's domination of women.

Question 57

Most intimate partner abuse cases result in a call to the police.

Question 58

Walker's cycle theory of violence fits all intimate partner abuse victims' experiences and reactions.

Question 59

Abusers are more likely to use justifications than excuses.

Question 60

Stalking is highly gendered.

Question 61

The most common motivations for stalking are romantic pursuit, harassment, control, retaliation, anger, spite, and/or disruption of a new romantic relationship by the stalker.

Question 62

The risk factors for staying with and leaving abusers are considerably different.

Question 63

Mediation is considered to be an ineffective tactic, as it does not deter intimate partner violence.

Question 64

All feminists support pro-arrest policies.

Question 65

Dual or retaliatory arrests are often the result of some victims who resist or fight back against their abusers.

Question 66

A legal intervention in which one person who is deemed to be a threat to another is ordered to have no contact with the person, and usually to stay a specified distance away is referred to as a protection order.

Question 67

Protection orders are an important negotiating tool survivors use to gain power in their relationships with their abusers and to stop the abuse.

Question 68

Historically, the courts have failed to response to the plight of abused women.

Question 69

For a woman who has decided to press charges and follow through, the pretrial period is a particularly vulnerable time.

Question 70

Intimate partner abuse and stalking have a significant overlap among offenders and survivors.

Question 71

Explain why naming the phenomenon of people who abuse their (ex)partners has been problematic.

Question 72

Illustrate Pence's and Paymar's Power and Control Wheel.

Question 73

Identify the four primary intimate partner abuse tactics and subtactics. Illustrate how some of the tactics can overlap.

Question 74

Explain the different phases of Walker's (1979) cycle theory of violence.

Question 75

Explain the purpose of protection orders.