Deck 14: The Response to Family Violence: The Criminal Justice System and the Social Welfare System

Question 1

Which type of abuse gets the most attention from the healthcare industry?

A) IPV
B) Child
C) Elder
D) All types of abuse

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which practice is most useful in allowing health care professionals to identify neglect and abuse?

A) Getting regular vaccinations
B) Telling physician about abuse
C) Seeing the same physician routinely
D) None of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Mandatory report laws are

A) Laws that require healthcare providers to report adult abuse.
B) Laws that prohibit healthcare providers from reporting abuse.
C) Laws that require adults to report abuse by healthcare providers.
D) Laws that require healthcare providers to report child abuse.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is not a limitation of shelters?

A) LGBTQ victims have difficulty within shelters.
B) Shelters do not accept men, so mothers with sons are often excluded.
C) Shelters do not provide safe housing.
D) Victims can only stay for a short period of time.

Question 5

What is not a protocol of police officers when dealing with an IPV case?

A) Deciding whether to make an arrest.
B) Calling for back up.
C) Determining the initiator.
D) Defusing the situation.

Question 6

Most intervention programs last:

A) 4-6 months
B) 1 year
C) 1-2 years
D) 8-12 months

Question 7

Which is a factor that increases the chance of homicide?

A) Divorce
B) Arguing in front of children
C) Financial struggle within the household
D) Jealousy

Question 8

Cases of child and elder abuse are prosecuted in all of the following cases EXCEPT

A) The cases involves a non-family member as the perpetrator
B) Violence is heinous/sexual
C) The neglect or abuse is unintentional
D) The neglect is life threatening

Question 9

Historically, "defusing the situation" used to mean all of the following EXCEPT

A) Requiring couple to go through counseling.
B) Taking abuser to "walk around the block."
C) Taking victim to safe place.
D) Refusing to arrest perpetrator for "lack of probable cause."

Question 10

The shelter movement focused on:

A) Increasing shelters across the nation.
B) Women opening up their homes to battered women.
C) Creating better quality shelters.
D) None of the above.

Question 11

In this group of people, it is harder to detect neglect and abuse by a healthcare provider:

A) White people
B) Non-whites
C) Upper class people
D) Men

Question 12

The feminist intervention approach states that

A) Violence occurs as a result of an interaction between two people.
B) Power and control are the cause of abuse.
C) Psychotherapy is the key to resolving violent relationships.
D) Abuse is the result of a dysfunctional family.

Question 13

The family system intervention approach identifies triggers and teaches responses other than violence.

Question 14

The criminal justice system is the most likely to have any significant impact on family violence.

Question 15

Attendance is monitored during intervention programs.

Question 16

Mandatory arrest laws can agitate abusers even further.

Question 17

Protective orders are always granted immediately and without a hearing.

Question 18

A Guardian Ad Litem is a volunteer who works with CPS to interview and observe a child at home.

Question 19

If authorities are not certain who the perpetrator is, they will arrest both parties.

Question 20

When abuse is reported to Child Protective Services, they immediately involve the criminal justice system.

Question 21

There are many health care programs that focus on prevention of intimate partner violence.

Question 22

Attention on prevention is given individually rather than systematically.

Question 23

Exchange/SCAN focuses on elder and adult abuse.

Question 24

Shelters are still uncommon in rural and suburban areas.

Question 25

Little attention is given to making sure the elderly are cared for properly compared to the attention newborns are given. Explain why.

Question 26

Why is it difficult for health care providers to help victims of intimate partner violence? Give some solutions that could help prevent intimate partner violence.

Question 27

Explain why shelters cannot always meet the needs of battered women and their children.

Question 28

Who is the Guardian Ad Litem and why is he or she so important when working with children surrounded by abuse?

Question 29

Describe the three approaches to batterer intervention.

Question 30

Explain the problems group leaders of the Duluth curriculum have to deal with.

Question 31

Explain how to make batterer intervention programs more effective. Explain why this would help.

Question 32

Give examples of the pros and cons of mandatory arrest laws.

Question 33

List and explain at least two reasons why child or elder abuse is rarely prosecuted.