Domestic Violence Test 1 UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Examples of violence and maltreatment in intimate relationships - CORRECT ANSWER-
Ray Rice (intimate partner violence) and Adrian Peterson (child abuse)
Who are more likely to be victims in their homes? - CORRECT ANSWER- Women,
children and elderly
Social Construction - CORRECT ANSWER- social conditions only become recognized as
social problems as a result of successful advocacy by those concerned about the issue
Claims Makers - CORRECT ANSWER- bring awareness about a certain situation. Take
social conditions and make them into social problems
Make definitions of deviant behavior
Why can statistics with violence and maltreatment in intimate relationships be misleading? -
CORRECT ANSWER- The dark figure, one's definition of an intimate relationship
Polyvictimization - CORRECT ANSWER- empirical reality that victims are often exposed
to multiple forms of violence and maltreatment
VMIR as a universal problem - CORRECT ANSWER- United Nations (UN) Convention on
the Rights of the Child & UN's Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
cultural relativism - CORRECT ANSWER- UN rejected idea of cultural relativism
They had to eliminate culturally relative practices that abused women and children
Moral Entrepreneurs - CORRECT ANSWER- claims makers engaged in what they see
purely moral crusades
, Infanticide - CORRECT ANSWER- killing of an infant under the age of 1
Feticide - CORRECT ANSWER- killing of a fetus
House of Refuge movement - CORRECT ANSWER- 1960s starting to see that child abuse
is an issue
Parens Partiae - CORRECT ANSWER- a doctrine that the state has a responsibility to
protect those who cannot protect themselves (children)
Battered Child Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER- children who have been the victims of a
serious physical abuse; doctors are told to report any chance of child abuse
if there is a suspicion of a child being abused
Child Neglect - CORRECT ANSWER- deficits in meeting a child's basic needs including
physical, emotional, medical, and educational needs
Child Psychological Maltreatment (CPMA) - CORRECT ANSWER- caregiving behavior
that communicates to a child that he or she is worthless and can damage developmental needs
What types of abuse are more common that physical abuse? - CORRECT ANSWER- Child
neglect, and child psychological maltreatment
Intimate partner - CORRECT ANSWER- sexual relationships
Domestic - CORRECT ANSWER- someone you are living with
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Examples of violence and maltreatment in intimate relationships - CORRECT ANSWER-
Ray Rice (intimate partner violence) and Adrian Peterson (child abuse)
Who are more likely to be victims in their homes? - CORRECT ANSWER- Women,
children and elderly
Social Construction - CORRECT ANSWER- social conditions only become recognized as
social problems as a result of successful advocacy by those concerned about the issue
Claims Makers - CORRECT ANSWER- bring awareness about a certain situation. Take
social conditions and make them into social problems
Make definitions of deviant behavior
Why can statistics with violence and maltreatment in intimate relationships be misleading? -
CORRECT ANSWER- The dark figure, one's definition of an intimate relationship
Polyvictimization - CORRECT ANSWER- empirical reality that victims are often exposed
to multiple forms of violence and maltreatment
VMIR as a universal problem - CORRECT ANSWER- United Nations (UN) Convention on
the Rights of the Child & UN's Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
cultural relativism - CORRECT ANSWER- UN rejected idea of cultural relativism
They had to eliminate culturally relative practices that abused women and children
Moral Entrepreneurs - CORRECT ANSWER- claims makers engaged in what they see
purely moral crusades
, Infanticide - CORRECT ANSWER- killing of an infant under the age of 1
Feticide - CORRECT ANSWER- killing of a fetus
House of Refuge movement - CORRECT ANSWER- 1960s starting to see that child abuse
is an issue
Parens Partiae - CORRECT ANSWER- a doctrine that the state has a responsibility to
protect those who cannot protect themselves (children)
Battered Child Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER- children who have been the victims of a
serious physical abuse; doctors are told to report any chance of child abuse
if there is a suspicion of a child being abused
Child Neglect - CORRECT ANSWER- deficits in meeting a child's basic needs including
physical, emotional, medical, and educational needs
Child Psychological Maltreatment (CPMA) - CORRECT ANSWER- caregiving behavior
that communicates to a child that he or she is worthless and can damage developmental needs
What types of abuse are more common that physical abuse? - CORRECT ANSWER- Child
neglect, and child psychological maltreatment
Intimate partner - CORRECT ANSWER- sexual relationships
Domestic - CORRECT ANSWER- someone you are living with
