Family Violence Across the Lifespan Test Questions Answered Correctly
True or False
Women, children, and elderly are more likely to be victimized in their own home than they are on the
streets of American's most dangerous cities - Answers True
Social Construction - Answers the social conditions only become recognized as social problems as a
result of successful advocacy by those concerned about the issue.
Polyvictimization - Answers is the term we use to describe the empirical reality that victims are often
exposed to multiple forms of violence and maltreatment.
U.N.'s Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women of 1993 - Answers Recognizing the
urgent need for the universal application to women of the rights and principles with regard to equality,
security, liberty, integrity and dignity of all human beings
Claims Makers - Answers Activities of groups to show a grievance and vested interests in the outcomes
of their protests, or they may be moral entrepreneurs engaged in what they see as purely moral
crusades.
Constructionist Perspective - Answers -Cultural influence on violence and maltreatment in intimate
relationships.
-The social constructionist perspective also helps illustrate how research is used in ongoing debates
about violence and maltreatment in intimate relationships
Examples of historical child abuse include? - Answers -Infanticide
-Feticide
Examples of child abuse movements? - Answers -House of Refuge movement
-Parens patriae
-Battered child syndrome
What is seduction theory? - Answers Freud's seduction theory was a hypothesis posited in the mid-
1890s by Sigmund Freud that he believed provided the solution to the problem of the origins of hysteria
and obsessional neurosis. According to the theory, a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual
abuse or molestation experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms,
with the addition of an active sexual experience up to the age of eight for the latter
Hysteria - Answers a stupid thing the patriarch came up with to oppress women cuz they were jealous
we could have multiple orgasms
,The Women's Rights Movement - Answers an organized effort to improve political, legal and economic
status of women in American society
What marked the beginning of the Women's Rights Movement - Answers The 1848 Seneca Falls
Woman's Rights Convention marked the beginning of the women's rights movement in the United
States.
What recognizes women as victims of intimate partner violence? - Answers Providing shelters
What is the National Organization for Women (NOW)? - Answers As the grassroots arm of the women's
movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy
approach to women's rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United
States.
What does the National Organization for Women (NOW) do? - Answers Since their founding in 1966,
NOW's purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals,
lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women
and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.
What is the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence mission? - Answers to lead, mobilize and raise
our voices to support efforts that demand a change of conditions that lead to domestic violence such as
patriarchy, privilege, racism, sexism, and classism. We are dedicated to supporting survivors and holding
offenders accountable and supporting advocates.
What act did women's movements result in? - Answers Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and
additional recognition for intimate partner violence formally known as domestic violence
What is the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)? - Answers is a landmark piece of legislation that
sought to improve criminal justice and community-based responses to domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault and stalking in the United States
What has the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) done? - Answers The passage of VAWA in 1994 and
its reauthorization in 2000, 2005 and 2013, has changed the landscape for victims who once suffered in
silence. Victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking have been able to
access services, and a new generation of families and justice system professionals has come to
understand that domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking are crimes that our
society will not tolerate.
True or False
Historically recognition of sexual assault of women was difficult? - Answers True
What was the Marital exemption law? - Answers held that by mutual matrimonial consent and contract,
a wife had given her consent to sexual intercourse with her husband.
, What did the Marital exemption law support? - Answers Patriarchal privilege and control
What year did Congress mandated Adult Protective Services (APS) for all states? - Answers 1974
What is the Elder Justice Act (EJA)? - Answers seeks to promote elder justice, which it defines as efforts
to "prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect and exploitation [and]
protect elders with diminished capacity while maximizing their autonomy."
What age does the Elder Justice Act apply? - Answers applies to seniors aged 60 or older
True or False
Elder Justice Act was the is the first piece of comprehensive national legislation to address elder abuse. -
Answers True
What does research say about LGBTQ couples likelihood to experience violence? - Answers Research
suggests that LGBTQ couples likely experience as much, or perhaps even more, violence than
heterosexual couples.
True or False
Male victims have limited research regarding intimate partner violence? - Answers True
Why is defining intimate partner violence difficult? - Answers Definitions vary by state and change
Intimate relationship - Answers is an interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional
intimacy. Although an intimate relationship is commonly a sexual relationship, it may also be a non-
sexual relationship involving family, friends, or acquaintances.
Violence - Answers behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or
something
Maltreatment - Answers cruel or violent treatment of a person or animal; mistreatment
What do prevention strategies for intimate partner violence refer to? - Answers refers to social support
and education programs designed to prevent intimate violence from occurring.
What do intervention strategies for intimate partner violence refer to? - Answers refers to societal
responses to intimate violence after it occurs.
What are child protective services (CPS)? - Answers the name of a governmental agency in many states
of the United States responsible for providing child protection, which includes responding to reports of
child abuse or neglect
True or False
Women, children, and elderly are more likely to be victimized in their own home than they are on the
streets of American's most dangerous cities - Answers True
Social Construction - Answers the social conditions only become recognized as social problems as a
result of successful advocacy by those concerned about the issue.
Polyvictimization - Answers is the term we use to describe the empirical reality that victims are often
exposed to multiple forms of violence and maltreatment.
U.N.'s Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women of 1993 - Answers Recognizing the
urgent need for the universal application to women of the rights and principles with regard to equality,
security, liberty, integrity and dignity of all human beings
Claims Makers - Answers Activities of groups to show a grievance and vested interests in the outcomes
of their protests, or they may be moral entrepreneurs engaged in what they see as purely moral
crusades.
Constructionist Perspective - Answers -Cultural influence on violence and maltreatment in intimate
relationships.
-The social constructionist perspective also helps illustrate how research is used in ongoing debates
about violence and maltreatment in intimate relationships
Examples of historical child abuse include? - Answers -Infanticide
-Feticide
Examples of child abuse movements? - Answers -House of Refuge movement
-Parens patriae
-Battered child syndrome
What is seduction theory? - Answers Freud's seduction theory was a hypothesis posited in the mid-
1890s by Sigmund Freud that he believed provided the solution to the problem of the origins of hysteria
and obsessional neurosis. According to the theory, a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual
abuse or molestation experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms,
with the addition of an active sexual experience up to the age of eight for the latter
Hysteria - Answers a stupid thing the patriarch came up with to oppress women cuz they were jealous
we could have multiple orgasms
,The Women's Rights Movement - Answers an organized effort to improve political, legal and economic
status of women in American society
What marked the beginning of the Women's Rights Movement - Answers The 1848 Seneca Falls
Woman's Rights Convention marked the beginning of the women's rights movement in the United
States.
What recognizes women as victims of intimate partner violence? - Answers Providing shelters
What is the National Organization for Women (NOW)? - Answers As the grassroots arm of the women's
movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy
approach to women's rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United
States.
What does the National Organization for Women (NOW) do? - Answers Since their founding in 1966,
NOW's purpose is to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals,
lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women
and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life.
What is the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence mission? - Answers to lead, mobilize and raise
our voices to support efforts that demand a change of conditions that lead to domestic violence such as
patriarchy, privilege, racism, sexism, and classism. We are dedicated to supporting survivors and holding
offenders accountable and supporting advocates.
What act did women's movements result in? - Answers Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and
additional recognition for intimate partner violence formally known as domestic violence
What is the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)? - Answers is a landmark piece of legislation that
sought to improve criminal justice and community-based responses to domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault and stalking in the United States
What has the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) done? - Answers The passage of VAWA in 1994 and
its reauthorization in 2000, 2005 and 2013, has changed the landscape for victims who once suffered in
silence. Victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking have been able to
access services, and a new generation of families and justice system professionals has come to
understand that domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking are crimes that our
society will not tolerate.
True or False
Historically recognition of sexual assault of women was difficult? - Answers True
What was the Marital exemption law? - Answers held that by mutual matrimonial consent and contract,
a wife had given her consent to sexual intercourse with her husband.
, What did the Marital exemption law support? - Answers Patriarchal privilege and control
What year did Congress mandated Adult Protective Services (APS) for all states? - Answers 1974
What is the Elder Justice Act (EJA)? - Answers seeks to promote elder justice, which it defines as efforts
to "prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect and exploitation [and]
protect elders with diminished capacity while maximizing their autonomy."
What age does the Elder Justice Act apply? - Answers applies to seniors aged 60 or older
True or False
Elder Justice Act was the is the first piece of comprehensive national legislation to address elder abuse. -
Answers True
What does research say about LGBTQ couples likelihood to experience violence? - Answers Research
suggests that LGBTQ couples likely experience as much, or perhaps even more, violence than
heterosexual couples.
True or False
Male victims have limited research regarding intimate partner violence? - Answers True
Why is defining intimate partner violence difficult? - Answers Definitions vary by state and change
Intimate relationship - Answers is an interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional
intimacy. Although an intimate relationship is commonly a sexual relationship, it may also be a non-
sexual relationship involving family, friends, or acquaintances.
Violence - Answers behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or
something
Maltreatment - Answers cruel or violent treatment of a person or animal; mistreatment
What do prevention strategies for intimate partner violence refer to? - Answers refers to social support
and education programs designed to prevent intimate violence from occurring.
What do intervention strategies for intimate partner violence refer to? - Answers refers to societal
responses to intimate violence after it occurs.
What are child protective services (CPS)? - Answers the name of a governmental agency in many states
of the United States responsible for providing child protection, which includes responding to reports of
child abuse or neglect
