Deck 9: Violence in the Family

Question 1

What types of mood disorders can influence a youth's criminal behavior?

Answer 1

The mood disturbances often experienced by the youthful offender who has suffered from abuse and neglect can also impact the cycle and expression of violence.Children who experience depression anxiety post-traumatic stress and the like often have a difficult time controlling aggressive displays and are more prone to anger; therefore they are more likely to carry out criminal behaviors Viljoen Elkovitch & Ullman 2008).Viljoen Elkovitch and Ullman 2008)list several areas of positive behaviors and actions that can mitigate the potential for criminal behavior as: pro-social attitudes intelligence and resilient personality traits.High self-efficacy and resilience are cited as strong indicators that a youth may not carry on the cycle of violence.These traits can act as protective factors against violence for children exposed to traumatic circumstances.

Question 2

Domestic violence perpetrators' only real problems are with intense feelings of anger; therefore they only require anger management interventions and are not likely to benefit from any other therapy.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What type of personality disorders are most often found in youths that perpetuate the cycle of violence?

Answer 3

Borderline personality disorder Levinson & Fonagy 1999)

Question 4

Perpetrators of domestic violence are a homogenous group which enables researchers to study a unique "offender profile."

Question 5

Children can experience such violence within a number of different contexts; however it is likely that the family and especially a child's relationship with caregivers is one of the most important of these contexts.