(Answers)ICDVP - Illinois Certified Domestic Violence Professionals Certification test.

What is included in the IDVA definition of a dependent? - being forced to witness confinement of another person What is not among the historical roots of feminism and the battered women's movement? - the medical profession's treatment Who is most responsible for the creation of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in 1978? - The U.S. Commission of Civil Rights What percentage of men who abuse their partners also abuse their children? - Over 50% During the tension building stage of the cycle of violence, victims often become what? - compliant and nurturing to avoid another episode When an abuser buys a luxury car while refusing to allow the partner and/or children to recieve needed medical or dental care, the abuser is being? - neglectful Financial abuse most accurately describes behavior in which an abuser? - refuses to allow a partner to get or keep a job. Victims accepting blame for the abuse is? - most likely to be among the effects of domestic violence Having a dual personality is least likely to be used by an abuser to what? - justify their behavior Low tolerance levels are correlated to what? - an abusers tendency to blow up over trivial matters. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act defines a domestic violence advocate as? - any employee or volunteer with at least 40 hours of training in domestic violence advocacy who provides services to victims of abuse through a victim services agency Child custody provisions under Illinois criminal statues states that? - the mother has legal custody of any child whose parents have never been married unless a valid court order specifies otherwise The federal Violence Against Women Act states that in most cases? - federal law prohibits a person who has been convicted of domestic violence to possess a firearm or ammunition