Deck 12: The Police Response to Intimate Partner Voilence

Question 1

How dangerous are domestic violence calls to the police officers who respond? Between 1996 and 2009, 106 officers were identified as having been murdered when responding to a domestic violence call, approximately ________ percent of the total.

A) 14
B) 2
C) 10
D) 20

Answer 1

14

Question 2

In what was called the ________, police officers were trained to negotiate with the parties and refer them to social services agencies in a mediation process.

A) hostage negotiation approach
B) marriage counseling approach
C) family crisis model
D) all of the above

Answer 2

family crisis model

Question 3

Which is not one of three responses of the Minneapolis domestic violence experiment?

A) Order one party out of the residence
B) Order both parties out of the residence
C) Arrest the suspect
D) Advise the couple at the scene on how to solve the problems

Answer 3

Order both parties out of the residence

Question 4

The Wolfgang homicide study of 1958 recognized for the first time that ________ could be deadly.

A) poverty
B) family crime
C) gang affiliation
D) street crime

Question 5

The ________ Domestic Violence study found that arrest of the spouse abuser reduced reoffending.

A) Florida
B) Puerto Rico
C) Minneapolis
D) California

Question 6

The determination of ________ is critical to any police action that may involve an arrest; therefore, the officer must collect evidence and interrogate suspects.

A) Probable Cause
B) Protection
C) Violence against Women
D) all of the above

Question 7

What called for officers in the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) to carry out one of three responses when they had probable cause to believe a misdemeanor assault had occurred between cohabitants or spouses?

A) Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment
B) Minneapolis Assault Prevention Experiment
C) Spouse Assault Replication Program
D) Family Crisis Model

Question 8

In 2001, a new analysis by Maxwell et al. of the five replication studies found support for the argument that arresting male batterers may, independent of other criminal justice sanctions and individual processes ________ IPV.

A) increase the risk of
B) reduce future
C) does not impact the rate of
D) none of the above

Question 9

Specialized domestic violence response units within police departments require ongoing domestic violence evidence collection training for officers:

A) Once a month.
B) Including mandatory arrest and primary aggressor decision making.
C) And training time varies between police departments.
D) Only if officers are interested in domestic violence.

Question 10

Laws are constantly changing with respect to police arrest procedures; generally, policies are classified into three categories. Which is not one of the categories?

A) Discretionary arrest
B) Arrest by gender
C) Mandatory arrest
D) Proarrest

Question 11

________ laws give authority for an arrest without a warrant as the preferred, but not required, action in cases involving domestic partners. An officer who fails to make the arrest may be required to file a written incident report justifying why no arrest was made.

A) Mandatory arrest
B) Discretionary arrest
C) Proarrest
D) Arrest by gender

Question 12

________ requires a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant, based on a probable cause determination that an offense occurred and that the accused person committed the offense.

A) Mandatory arrest
B) Discretionary arrest
C) Arrest by gender
D) Proarrest

Question 13

When both parties in domestic violence-related assault are arrested, it is called a:

A) Dual arrest.
B) Arrest by gender.
C) Mandatory arrest.
D) Proarrest.

Question 14

The ________ in IPV is the person who is responsible for the perpetuation of the violence, not necessarily who initiated it in one particular incident.

A) male
B) loudest person
C) primary aggressor
D) female

Question 15

There is a general trend to direct police officers to avoid ________ arrests.

A) male
B) dual
C) primary aggressor
D) female

Question 16

When there is probable cause to believe that there has been a violation of a civil ________, police are mandated to make an arrest in the majority of states.

A) child visitation order
B) support order
C) restraining order
D) all of the above

Question 17

________ is a standard of proof that must be satisfied for any search or seizure to occur. An arrest is legally defined as a seizure.

A) Preparation
B) Probable cause
C) Documentation
D) Actual questioning

Question 18

Which is not one of the three basic phases of the interview process?

A) Documentation
B) Establishment of psychological content
C) Actual questioning
D) Preparation

Question 19

In addition to questions about the incident under investigation, a ________ must be made to determine the level of danger the offender presents.

A) risk assessment
B) wellness determination
C) behavioral analysis
D) security check

Question 20

In some instances, it may be necessary to remove suspects and to hold them involuntarily for evaluation for a ________ evaluation.

A) probable cause
B) mental health
C) civil
D) all of the above

Question 21

The ________ requirement of the Violence Against Women Act requires police officers to enforce protection orders from other states, even when the enforcing state would not issue such an order itself.

A) Lautenberg Amendment
B) Protective Order Gun Ban
C) Full faith and credit
D) all of the above

Question 22

A 1996 law, known as the ________, prohibits anyone convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or child abuse from purchasing or possessing a gun.

A) Protective Order Gun Ban
B) Safety Determination
C) Lautenberg Amendment
D) all of the above

Question 23

The ________, passed in 1994, prohibits any person against whom there is a restraining or protective order for domestic violence from possessing a gun when there is a specific finding that the defendant represents a credible threat to the physical safety of the victim or an explicit prohibition against the use of force that would reasonably be expected to cause injury is included in the protection order.

A) Lautenberg Amendment
B) Protective Order Gun Ban
C) Safety Determination
D) all of the above

Question 24

________ generally include provisions restraining contact; prohibiting abuse, intimidation, or harassment; and prohibiting the possession of firearms.

A) Protective orders
B) Restraining orders
C) Orders of protection
D) all of the above

Question 25

Protection from an IPV offender is found in various forms, including criminal law, with legal sanctions, and ________ which may include criminal/legal sanctions.

A) Criminal protection orders
B) Civil protection orders
C) Both A and B
D) none of the above

Question 26

Methods of empowering the ________ include communication with respect, rapport-building, and dignity.

A) suspect
B) elderly victim
C) child victim
D) none of the above

Question 27

An officer has the task of determining if probable cause exists to believe that a crime has been committed and that an arrest is warranted.

Question 28

Places that are covered by the Fourth Amendment protection that can be searched without a warrant include common areas, entrance ways, public places, semi-public places, open fields, and driveways.

Question 29

The plain-view doctrine justifies seizure of items that were not anticipated during the course of a search pursuant to a warrant.

Question 30

The three basic phases to the interview process are preparation, establishment of the psychological content, and the actual questioning.

Question 31

In addition to questions about the incident under investigation, a risk assessment doesn't always have to be made to determine the level of danger that the batterer presents.

Question 32

A suspect's confession presents the most injurious evidence of a crime.

Question 33

The system for ensuring proper gun ownership is partially achieved through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

Question 34

A 1996 law, known as the Lautenberg Amendment, prohibits anyone convicted of a theft crime from purchasing or possessing a gun.

Question 35

Known as Full Faith and Credit, this mandate means that a state must enforce another state's protection order, even where the enforcing state would not issue such an order itself.

Question 36

Abusers are lowlifes and uneducated people.

Question 37

________ partner violence is the most frequent violence that police officers encounter.

Question 38

In Marvin ________ 1958 study, 65% of homicide victims were found to be relatives, close friends, paramours, or homosexual partners to the principle offender.

Question 39

Promising results occur in cases that officers investigate as though the victim will not be available to testify at trial, a typical approach of the ________ domestic violence response unit.

Question 40

Police officers are increasingly being required by law in policy to make a(n) ________ in cases of domestic violence, which is a legalistic approach.

Question 41

Academies that offer ________ will frequently provide between 2 or 3 days and one week of instruction for recruit and special unit training.

Question 42

Laws are constantly changing with respect to arrest procedures; generally, policies are classified into three categories: mandatory arrest, ________ , and arrest at the officer's discretion.

Question 43

________ arrest requires a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant, based on a probable cause determination, that an offense occurred and that the accused person committed the offense.

Question 44

When both parties in a domestic related assault are arrested, it is called a ________ arrest.

Question 45

The ________ aggressor in intimate partner violence is the person who is responsible for the perpetuation of the violence, not necessarily who initiated it in one particular incident.

Question 46

________ cause is a standard of proof that must be satisfied for any search or seizure to occur. An arrest is legally defined as a seizure and therefore falls under the same requirement for probable cause as a search.

Question 47

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-Used to determine the level of danger that a batterer presents

A) Risk assessment
B) Dual arrest
C) Mandatory arrest
D) Proarrest

Question 48

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-Requires a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant, based on a probable cause determination that an offense occurred and that the accused person committed the offense

A) Risk assessment
B) Dual arrest
C) Mandatory arrest
D) Proarrest

Question 49

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-When both parties in a domestic-violence-related assault are arrested

A) Risk assessment
B) Dual arrest
C) Mandatory arrest
D) Proarrest

Question 50

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement.

-Laws give authority for an arrest without a warrant as the preferred, but not required, action in cases involving domestic partners

A) Risk assessment
B) Dual arrest
C) Mandatory arrest
D) Proarrest

Question 51

Describe three research studies that have helped to criminalize intimate partner violence.

Question 52

Distinguish the difference between mandatory arrest and pro-arrest policies.

Question 53

What is dual arrest, and why is it a discouraged practice?

Question 54

Who is responsible for enforcing domestic violence orders of protection?

Question 55

Discuss the best way to interview subjects during a domestic violence call.

Question 56

Explain situations where dual arrest policies may be unfair.

Question 57

Explain how police academy training falls short of preparing police officers to respond to domestic violence calls.