Deck 11: Professionals and Their Responses to Child Abuse

Question 1

A confidential communication is

A) one that cannot under any circumstances be divulged.
B) information that is made under circumstances where the speaker intended that the statement be shared only with the recipient of the information.
C) can be waived at any time by the recipient of the information.
D) both b and c.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The person who communicates the confidential information to the professional is

A) known as the recipient of the communication.
B) mandated to report suspected cases of abuse.
C) a lay person who cannot bar disclosure.
D) the holder of the privilege and can bar disclosure or waive it as they deem necessary.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Megan's Laws involve

A) notification of the community of the location of a released sex offender.
B) mandatory registration of sex offenders
C) one strike (sex offense) requires a twenty-year life sentence.
D) unconstitutional notification requirements.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Children's memory can be classified into the following types:

A) recognition and association.
B) association and free recall.
C) recognition and free recall
D) free association and forced recognition.

Question 5

Recognition memory occurs

A) when the child is cued or is able to perceive an object or event that was perceived at an earlier time.
B) when the child can recollect the event without the aid of cues or other assistance.
C) when the child recovers his or her memory after a period of time.
D) both a and b.

Question 6

Recall memory occurs

A) when the child is cued or is able to perceive an object or event that was perceived at an earlier time.
B) when the child recovers his or her memory after a period of time.
C) when the child can recollect the event without the aid of cues or other assistance.
D) both a and c.

Question 7

An example of an open-ended question is:

A) Your Daddy touched your privates didn't he?
B) When your Daddy walked into the room, what did he do?
C) On the morning you were hurt, where was your Mother?
D) Did anything happen to you?

Question 8

An example of a focused question is

A) Where was your Daddy?
B) When your Daddy walked into the room, what did he do?
C) Were you doing anything?
D) Did your Mother hit you every day when she drank?

Question 9

An example of a leading question is

A) Did your Daddy say anything before he touched you?
B) Are you aware that telling a lie is considered perjury and subjects you to criminal sanctions?
C) Your Daddy touched your private parts didn't he?
D) When your Daddy walked into the room, what did he do?

Question 10

An example of a coercive question is

A) Is it true that you saw your brother being hit by your Mother?
B) Are you aware that telling a lie is considered perjury and subjects you to criminal sanctions?
C) Your Daddy touched your privates didn't he?
D) Where was your Daddy?

Question 11

Hearsay is

A) any out of court statement that is offered in court for the truth of the matter stated.
B) only those out of court statements made by the suspect which are offered for the truth of the matter stated.
C) a rule of evidence that applies only in criminal cases.
D) both a and c.

Question 12

Which of the following is not an exception to the hearsay rule?

A) excited utterances
B) statements made by the victims of abuse.
C) out of court statements offered for the truth of the matter stated.
D) declarations against interest.

Question 13

An admission under the hearsay rule is

A) a statement made whenever a person is excited as a result of a traumatic event.
B) a statement by a nonparty that is against his or her own interest.
C) a statement or conduct of a party in the action which is offered against him or her in the trial.
D) a statement relating to a state of mind that relates to the declarant's mental condition.

Question 14

Competency requires

A) that the witness understands the nature of the proceedings.
B) that the witness be able to accurately related what transpired.
C) that the witness is able to testify without violating the hearsay rule.
D) both a and b.

Question 15

Recovered Repressed Memory

A) is accepted by all professionals who work with victims of family violence.
B) is still considered controversial by a variety of professionals.
C) is the same as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
D) is the same as Acute Stress Disorder

Question 16

Anatomical dolls are sometimes used in interviewing victims of child abuse. These dolls assist professionals in the following ways:

A) they allow the child to explain what occurred by referring to the doll rather than themselves.
B) the child's interactions with the doll may provide additional clues to the interviewer.
C) these dolls may facilitate communication.
D) all of the above.

Question 17

Expert testimony in child sexual abuse may take which of the following forms?

A) opinion
B) dissertation
C) answers to hypothetical questions
D) all of the above.

Question 18

A dissertation is expert testimony which

A) includes an opinion and sets forth scientific facts relevant to the case that allows the trier to fact to draw their own conclusions.
B) does not include an opinion, but sets forth scientific facts relevant to the case that allows the trier to fact to draw their own conclusions.
C) includes a written hypothesis, data set, literature review and conclusion.
D) sets forth scientific facts relevant to the case that allows the trier to fact to draw their own conclusions.

Question 19

A hypothetical question

A) sets forth certain facts and asks the expert to give an opinion based upon those facts.
B) is never permitted in child sexual abuse cases.
C) sets forth scientific facts relevant to the case and allows the trier of fact to draw their own conclusions.
D) can only be asked of an expert witness who has a M.D. or a Ph.D.

Question 20

The most traditional form of expert opinion is:

A) Medical
B) Scientific
C) psychological
D) both a and c.

Question 21

Medical expert opinions

A) are never admitted unless the perpetrator has undergone a physical examination.
B) include a medical history
C) may be based upon physical examinations, laboratory results and a medical history.
D) all of the above.

Question 22

Most reporting laws require designated professionals to prove that in fact the child victim was abused when they file a report.

Question 23

Today, one of the most commonly raised issues in child abuse cases is the validity of out of court interviews with the victim.

Question 24

When a nurse who is on duty at a hospital emergency room repeats statements made to her by a child victim to a police officer, the statements are hearsay.

Question 25

Some commentators argue that the hearsay rule has been consumed by the number of exceptions written into statutes by legislatures.

Question 26

There are no significant disadvantages to videotaping victims of abuse.

Question 27

Most states have both civil and criminal penalties for failing to report child abuse.

Question 28

List and describe the elements of child abuse reporting laws as set forth in the text.

Question 29

Under what circumstances, if any, should a professional be required to warn a parent that information the professional is receiving might be disclosed to the authorities?

Question 30

Describe the evidentiary issues that are present in interviewing child victims.

Question 31

Compare and contrast the argument for removing a child from his or her home with the arguments for leaving the child in the home and working with the parents.

Question 32

What is required before the court will admit expert witness testimony in child sexual abuse cases?