Deck 11: Interpersonal Violence and Stalking

Question 1

There are four types of violence included within definitions of intimate partner violence (IPV). Fill in the missing type:
1. Physical aggression/coercion
2. Sexual aggression/coercion
3. Controlling behaviours
4. _______

Answer 1

Physical aggression/coercion

Question 2

According to Dixon and Graham-Kevan (2011), intimate partner violence (IPV) is any form of aggression and/or controlling behaviour used against a current or past intimate partner of any gender or relationship status.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The terms "obsessional harassment", "harassment", "obsessional following" and "erotomania" have all been used to describe what criminal activity?

Answer 3

Stalking

Question 4

According to Dutton's (1995) nested ecological model, risk factors related to broad societal/cultural influences are described as mesosystem risk factors.

Question 5

Which theoretical explanation of intimate partner violence (IPV) suggests that IPV is a result of having witnessed violent and abusive behaviours during childhood, thus leading to the development of pro-violence beliefs?

A) Feminist theory
B) Social learning theory
C) Attachment theory

Question 6

According to Dutton (1995, 1998, 1999), what attachment style has been implicated in the development of adult intimate partner violence (IPV)?

A) A dismissing attachment style
B) A preoccupied attachment style
C) A fearful attachment style
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 7

Both men and women can perpetrate intimate partner violence (IPV).

Question 8

Two types of intimate partner violence (IPV) proposed by Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) are the generally violent/antisocial offender and the dysphoric/borderline offender. What is the third type?

Question 9

Study the following characteristics:
- A high level of exposure to violence during childhood
- Extensive involvement with deviant peers
- High impulsivity
- Antisocial personality and narcissism
- Criminality
Which of the three types of intimate partner violence (IPV) offender described by Holtzworth-Monroe and Stuart's (1994) best fit this list?

A) The generally violent/antisocial offender
B) The dysphoric/borderline offender
C) The family-only offender

Question 10

Consider the case of a woman arrested for stalking her ex-husband. The stalking started after her husband left her for another woman, and when arrested the woman stated that she just wanted to punish her ex-husband. According to Zona, Palarea, and Lane's (1998) stalking typology, which type of stalker would best characterise this woman?

A) Erotomanic
B) Simple obsessional
C) Love-obsessional

Question 11

The______________(Williams & Houghton, 2004) and the Danger Assessment-Revised (Campbell, Webster, & Glass, 2009) are examples of risk assessment tools for those potentially at risk of intimate partner violence (IPV).