Deck 4: Introduction to Child Abuse Neglect

Question 1

For a child, emotional abuse can include:

A) Aggressive parental behavior.
B) Excessive parental behavior.
C) Unreasonable parental behavior.
D) all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

Child protective services (CPS) are required by all states to investigate reports of:

A) Child abuse.
B) Ignorance.
C) Neglect.
D) Both A and C

Answer 2

Both A and C

Question 3

During ancient times infants were:

A) Abused for no reason.
B) Neglected because they could not work.
C) Property of their fathers.
D) Well cared for by their mothers.

Answer 3

Property of their fathers.

Question 4

The murder of a child before his or her first birthday is known as:

A) Patricide.
B) Suicide.
C) Infanticide.
D) all of the above

Question 5

The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" was linked with:

A) Suicide.
B) Infanticide.
C) Patricide.
D) all of the above

Question 6

Emotional psychological abuse involves a pattern of behavior that impairs a child's:

A) Ability to grow up.
B) Emotional development.
C) Sense of well being.
D) Both B and C

Question 7

An act of ________ is the failure to provide for a child's basic physical, emotional, or educational needs.

A) Rendition
B) Omission
C) Commission
D) Permission

Question 8

Educational neglect is defined as:

A) The failure to attend to a special educational need.
B) Failure to enroll a child of mandatory school age in school.
C) The allowing of chronic truancy.
D) all the above

Question 9

An act of ________ refers to the deliberate and intentional words or overt acts that cause harm or threat of harm to a child, regardless of the intended consequences.

A) Permission
B) Rendition
C) Commission
D) Omission

Question 10

________ is the concept of a parent failing to provide for the basic needs of a child.

A) Neglect
B) Endangerment
C) Advocating
D) Abuse

Question 11

Emotional or psychological ________ is typically defined as injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability of the child, as evidenced by an observable or substantial change in behavior.

A) Advocating
B) Neglect
C) Endangerment
D) Abuse

Question 12

Child physical ________ is generally defined as any non-accidental physical injury to the child.

A) Endangerment
B) Neglect
C) Advocating
D) Abuse

Question 13

________ abuse is the rape, molestation, prostitution, or other forms of sexual exploitation of children by a caretaker.

A) Emotional
B) Psychological
C) Sexual
D) Physical

Question 14

Medical ________ is when a parent fails in their duty to seek necessary medical care for their children.

A) Abuse
B) Neglect
C) Advocating
D) Endangerment

Question 15

Educational ________ is when a parent fails to educate the child as required by law and to provide behavioral limits that are age-appropriate.

A) Abuse
B) Endangerment
C) Neglect
D) Advocating

Question 16

Which of the following is not one of the six subcategories of neglect recognized in many states?

A) Medical neglect
B) Abandonment
C) Substance abuse
D) Permissiveness

Question 17

During ancient times, what burden would allow fathers to murder their own infants in a "practical killing", a practice viewed as promoting the general welfare of the society?

A) Illegitimacy
B) Questionable health
C) Physical deformity
D) all of the above

Question 18

In the Early Modern Period, Chancery courts in Britain were granted control over the general welfare and property rights of children, allowing the king to act in the best interests of the child, even if it means acting against the wishes of the parent. These courts utilized the concept of parens patriae, meaning:

A) King of the children.
B) Parent of the people.
C) The royal father.
D) Father of the people.

Question 19

In Colonial America, parents were sanctioned under ________ to put a disobedient child to death for noncompliant behaviors.

A) English Poor Laws
B) Family Welfare Laws
C) Stubborn Child Laws
D) Colonial Punishment Clause

Question 20

Awareness of the maltreatment of children came with the coining of the phrase "________" in 1962 by C. Henry Kempe.

A) Abused and neglected children
B) Battered child syndrome
C) Child Protective Services
D) Child savers

Question 21

The ________, which is conducted every ten years, represents a major source of information on child abuse and neglect in the United States.

A) National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
B) National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect
C) Child Welfare Information Gateway
D) National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System

Question 22

The National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect uses two definitional standards for its research on child abuse and neglect. These are the:

A) Harmful and endangered standards.
B) Physical and sexual standards.
C) Abuse and neglect standards.
D) Harm and endangerment standards.

Question 23

The ________ standard used in the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect study requires that an act of omission results in demonstrable harm in order to be classified as abuse or neglect. Its principal disadvantage is that it is so stringent that it provides a perspective that is too narrow for many purposes; it excludes even many children whom CPS substantiates or indicates as abused or neglected.

A) harm
B) endangerment
C) protective
D) abused

Question 24

Under the harm standard one child in every ________ were found to have been abused or neglected in the United States during the NIS-4 period.

A) 38
B) 68
C) 58
D) 48

Question 25

Over half of the offenders against children are:

A) Women.
B) Men.
C) Stepmothers.
D) Stepfathers.

Question 26

The Administration on Children, Youth and Families is the governing office of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) of the Children's Bureau. National and state statistics about child maltreatment come from the data collected by child protective services agencies and reported to NCANDS.

Question 27

In ancient times, infants were the property of their fathers and had no rights to their own. Their fathers could even kill them for a number of "practical" reasons.

Question 28

During ancient times, children with physical deformity, questionable health, and illegitimacy were a burden and killing them was viewed as promoting the general welfare of the society.

Question 29

Almost 75 percent of deaths due to abuse and neglect occur before age three.

Question 30

During the middle ages, abortion was considered similar to the crime of murder in that the punishment varied with the stage of pregnancy.

Question 31

The Department of Health and Human Services in 2017 determined that the majority of child abuse perpetrators are between the ages of 18 and 44.

Question 32

Adolescents are the most frequent victims of child neglect.

Question 33

The individuals required by law to report suspected abuse are called mandated reporters.

Question 34

Any person designated by law as a mandated reporter must file with the appropriate state agency when abuse is suspected.

Question 35

Tens of thousands of children are referred each year to Child Protective Services as alleged victims of abuse and neglect.

Question 36

________ is frequently defined in terms of deprivation of adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or supervision.

Question 37

There are six subcategories of neglect recognized in many states: abandonment, substance abuse, educational neglect, emotional/psychological neglect, medical neglect, and ________ neglect.

Question 38

________ neglect includes failure to enroll a child of mandatory school age in school, the allowing of chronic truancy, and the failure to attend to a special education need.

Question 39

The ________, first enacted in 1974, is the key federal legislation addressing child abuse and neglect. It provides federal funding to states in support of child abuse prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment activities.

Question 40

In approximately ________ States and American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, the definition of abuse also includes acts or circumstances that threatened the child or will harm or create a substantial risk of harm to the child's health or welfare.

Question 41

Child ________ review teams appear to be among the most promising current approaches to accurately count, respond to, and prevent child abuse and neglect fatalities, as well as other preventable deaths.

Question 42

Sexual abuse of children is an issue of power and ________, not love and intimacy.

Question 43

________ reporters are individuals required by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect.

Question 44

Under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), as amended in ________, children are allowed to submit victim impact statements.

Question 45

The majority of crimes against children are investigated by local and ________ law enforcement.

Question 46

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-The murder of a child before his or her first birthday

A) Sexual abuse
B) Infanticide
C) Child fatality
D) Physical abuse

Question 47

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-The death of a child by means other than natural causes as the result of the direct or indirect injury or a condition of abuse or neglect

A) Sexual abuse
B) Infanticide
C) Child fatality
D) Physical abuse

Question 48

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-The sexual exploitation of children

A) Sexual abuse
B) Infanticide
C) Child fatality
D) Physical abuse

Question 49

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-The non-accidental physical injury to a child

A) Sexual abuse
B) Infanticide
C) Child fatality
D) Physical abuse

Question 50

Describe the most frequent form of child maltreatment.

Question 51

Discuss who is required to report child abuse under the premise of a mandated reporter.

Question 52

What is the impact of domestic violence in child custody hearings?

Question 53

Distinguish between an act of commission versus an act of omission.

Question 54

Describe the four primary categories of child maltreatment.

Question 55

Debate how ancient societies strengthened their population by abandoning specific children.

Question 56

Discuss the impact of religion on infanticide during the Middle Ages.