CMAS 258N TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔when are forensic medical exams recommended - ✔✔within 72 hours of assualt
✔✔results of which sexual abuse victims receive forensic exams - ✔✔-Suspected
sexual abuse victims at CACs were two times more likely to have forensic medical
examinations than those seen at comparison communities
- Girls, children with reported penetration, victims who were physically injured while
being abused,
-White victims, and younger children were more likely to have exams
- Non-penetration cases at CACs were four times more likely to receive exams as
compared to those in comparison communities.
✔✔acute forensic medical exams - ✔✔-within 72 hours
-potential to recover biological evidence from crime
-potential to see injuries in their early stages
- timing window can be extended for adolescent (about 1 week)
✔✔non-acute forensic medical exam - ✔✔- longer than 72 hours (pre-pubescent) or 1
week (adolescent)
- uses a machine (like a microscope on wheels) to examine the genitals- kids control the
shutter of the camera
✔✔sexual assault forensic examination kit - ✔✔teenagers who have experienced
something recently
✔✔myths about sexual assault - ✔✔- that medical exams should yield findings all the
time (vaginas are made for penetration with no injury)
- the hymen will already be injured by activity or tampons
-eveyone who experiences sexual assault should be overly emotional and traumatized
✔✔victim advocates - ✔✔trained professionals who support and empower the child and
the non-offending caregiver who are identified as victims of a criminal act
✔✔services provided by victim advocates - ✔✔-crisis assessment/intervention
-risk assessment
-safety planning
-referrals
-case updates
-court education
✔✔right to attend - ✔✔-all jurisdictions provide the victims the right to attend court
proceedings
--pretrial hearings
,--the trial itself
--sentencing
--parole hearings
✔✔right to compensation - ✔✔a legal principle entitling individuals or entities to receive
payment or other forms of recompense for losses suffered
✔✔right to return property - ✔✔right to the prompt return of their personal property once
it's no longer needed for a criminal investigation
✔✔right to protection - ✔✔Safety measures provided to victims
✔✔right to be heard - ✔✔right for the victim to describe how the crime has impacted the
victim
✔✔right to restitution - ✔✔a court-ordered payment from a convicted offender to
compensate for direct financial and property losses resulting from the crime
✔✔right to enforcement - ✔✔they can take legal action to ensure their rights are upheld
during and after a crime, often involving courts or law enforcement to enforce protection
orders, obtain restitution, or remedy violations of rights
✔✔preponderance of evidence - ✔✔The standard of proof in a civil case in which a
judge or jury must believe the plaintiff's story and evidence is stronger than the
defendant's version.
✔✔substantiated - ✔✔The disposition that concludes the allegations of maltreatment or
risk of maltreatment is supported or founded by state law or policy.
✔✔Indicated - ✔✔A disposition that concludes maltreatment could not be substantiated
under state law, but there is reason to suspect that at least one child may have been
maltreated or is at risk.
This disposition is applicable only to states that distinguish between substantiated and
indicated dispositions. (Pennsylvania is one of those states).
✔✔Unsubstantiated/Unfounded - ✔✔The disposition that concludes there is not
sufficient evidence under state law to conclude or suspect that the child was maltreated
or at-risk.
✔✔Intentionally false - ✔✔A disposition that concludes the person who made the
allegation of maltreatment knew that the allegation was not true.
✔✔Closing with No Findings - ✔✔A disposition that does not conclude with a specific
finding because Child Protective Services (CPS) response could not be concluded.
, ✔✔No alleged maltreatment - ✔✔a disposition for a child who receives a CPS response
but is not the subject of an allegation or any finding of maltreatment
✔✔charges filed - ✔✔the investigation has produced evidence and statements
indicating a crime was committed and the identified suspect is the individual responsible
for having committed a crime as defined by the criminal code dictated by state or federal
law
✔✔No Charges Filed/Case is Closed - ✔✔the investigation has not produced evidence
or statements that would indicate a crime was committed that meets the criminal codes
as dictated by state or federal law.
✔✔infanticide - ✔✔act of killing an infant w/o any legal recourse
✔✔reasons for infanticide - ✔✔-parent is not biological parent
-young, unmarried mother
-survivial of the fittest
-population control
-sacrifices
✔✔16th century view of CM - ✔✔-kids were considered evil and stubborn
-raising kids was harsh and restricitive
-community support of corporal punishment
"beat the evil out"
✔✔rule of thumb - ✔✔men were permitted to hit their wife or child as long as the object
was thinner than their thumb
✔✔17th century view of CM - ✔✔John Locke- children considered blank slates
Elizabethan Poor Law
✔✔elizabethan poor law - ✔✔-the government stepped up where churches and
communities didn't
-orphanages, hospitals, and work programs
-categorized abilities to work
✔✔categories of abilities to work in Poor Law - ✔✔-able bodied poor
-impotent poor
-dependent children
✔✔what laid the ground work for government involvement with poor people -
✔✔Elizabethan Poor Law
GRADED A+
✔✔when are forensic medical exams recommended - ✔✔within 72 hours of assualt
✔✔results of which sexual abuse victims receive forensic exams - ✔✔-Suspected
sexual abuse victims at CACs were two times more likely to have forensic medical
examinations than those seen at comparison communities
- Girls, children with reported penetration, victims who were physically injured while
being abused,
-White victims, and younger children were more likely to have exams
- Non-penetration cases at CACs were four times more likely to receive exams as
compared to those in comparison communities.
✔✔acute forensic medical exams - ✔✔-within 72 hours
-potential to recover biological evidence from crime
-potential to see injuries in their early stages
- timing window can be extended for adolescent (about 1 week)
✔✔non-acute forensic medical exam - ✔✔- longer than 72 hours (pre-pubescent) or 1
week (adolescent)
- uses a machine (like a microscope on wheels) to examine the genitals- kids control the
shutter of the camera
✔✔sexual assault forensic examination kit - ✔✔teenagers who have experienced
something recently
✔✔myths about sexual assault - ✔✔- that medical exams should yield findings all the
time (vaginas are made for penetration with no injury)
- the hymen will already be injured by activity or tampons
-eveyone who experiences sexual assault should be overly emotional and traumatized
✔✔victim advocates - ✔✔trained professionals who support and empower the child and
the non-offending caregiver who are identified as victims of a criminal act
✔✔services provided by victim advocates - ✔✔-crisis assessment/intervention
-risk assessment
-safety planning
-referrals
-case updates
-court education
✔✔right to attend - ✔✔-all jurisdictions provide the victims the right to attend court
proceedings
--pretrial hearings
,--the trial itself
--sentencing
--parole hearings
✔✔right to compensation - ✔✔a legal principle entitling individuals or entities to receive
payment or other forms of recompense for losses suffered
✔✔right to return property - ✔✔right to the prompt return of their personal property once
it's no longer needed for a criminal investigation
✔✔right to protection - ✔✔Safety measures provided to victims
✔✔right to be heard - ✔✔right for the victim to describe how the crime has impacted the
victim
✔✔right to restitution - ✔✔a court-ordered payment from a convicted offender to
compensate for direct financial and property losses resulting from the crime
✔✔right to enforcement - ✔✔they can take legal action to ensure their rights are upheld
during and after a crime, often involving courts or law enforcement to enforce protection
orders, obtain restitution, or remedy violations of rights
✔✔preponderance of evidence - ✔✔The standard of proof in a civil case in which a
judge or jury must believe the plaintiff's story and evidence is stronger than the
defendant's version.
✔✔substantiated - ✔✔The disposition that concludes the allegations of maltreatment or
risk of maltreatment is supported or founded by state law or policy.
✔✔Indicated - ✔✔A disposition that concludes maltreatment could not be substantiated
under state law, but there is reason to suspect that at least one child may have been
maltreated or is at risk.
This disposition is applicable only to states that distinguish between substantiated and
indicated dispositions. (Pennsylvania is one of those states).
✔✔Unsubstantiated/Unfounded - ✔✔The disposition that concludes there is not
sufficient evidence under state law to conclude or suspect that the child was maltreated
or at-risk.
✔✔Intentionally false - ✔✔A disposition that concludes the person who made the
allegation of maltreatment knew that the allegation was not true.
✔✔Closing with No Findings - ✔✔A disposition that does not conclude with a specific
finding because Child Protective Services (CPS) response could not be concluded.
, ✔✔No alleged maltreatment - ✔✔a disposition for a child who receives a CPS response
but is not the subject of an allegation or any finding of maltreatment
✔✔charges filed - ✔✔the investigation has produced evidence and statements
indicating a crime was committed and the identified suspect is the individual responsible
for having committed a crime as defined by the criminal code dictated by state or federal
law
✔✔No Charges Filed/Case is Closed - ✔✔the investigation has not produced evidence
or statements that would indicate a crime was committed that meets the criminal codes
as dictated by state or federal law.
✔✔infanticide - ✔✔act of killing an infant w/o any legal recourse
✔✔reasons for infanticide - ✔✔-parent is not biological parent
-young, unmarried mother
-survivial of the fittest
-population control
-sacrifices
✔✔16th century view of CM - ✔✔-kids were considered evil and stubborn
-raising kids was harsh and restricitive
-community support of corporal punishment
"beat the evil out"
✔✔rule of thumb - ✔✔men were permitted to hit their wife or child as long as the object
was thinner than their thumb
✔✔17th century view of CM - ✔✔John Locke- children considered blank slates
Elizabethan Poor Law
✔✔elizabethan poor law - ✔✔-the government stepped up where churches and
communities didn't
-orphanages, hospitals, and work programs
-categorized abilities to work
✔✔categories of abilities to work in Poor Law - ✔✔-able bodied poor
-impotent poor
-dependent children
✔✔what laid the ground work for government involvement with poor people -
✔✔Elizabethan Poor Law
