SOWK Midterm Questions and answers
100% correct 2025/2026
1. Who negotiates the understanding of social Claim Makers
condi- tions into specific social problems?
2. What term means that victims are often Poly-victimization
exposed to multiple forms of violence
andmaltreatment?
3. What practice in the United States is currently not con- Circumcision
sidered abuse, but some claimsmakers are
emerging to consider it abuse?
4. Up until times, children were regarded as prop- Modern
erty
5. When it comes to infanticide, who is most likely Females
to be killed?
6. Which phrase means that the state has the right
and responsibility to protect those who cannot Parens patriae
protect themselves?
7. Why is the House of Refuge movement
historically important?
became the first
move- ment in what
was to later become
the juvenile jus- tice
system
8. Child physical abuse is: when someone
hurts or harms a
child or young
person on purpose
(CPA)
9. Recognition of sexual child abuse can be traced Freud
back to which important scholar?
10. In which decade did the first women's shelters open in mid-1970's (1971,
,1974)
the United States?
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11. What group was an important claims maker in Feminist Organizations
estab- lishing laws around IPV in the United
States?
12. The earliest rape laws in the United States were the property interests of
de- signed to protect . men
13. In which decade was marital rape outlawed in Early 1990s (July 5 1993)
all 50 states?
14. Mary Koss found that what percentage of women
ex- perienced rape and attemptedrape? 27%
15. What do prevention strategies aim to do? to social support and edu-
cation programs
designed to prevent
intimate vio- lence
from occurring in the
first place.
16. Who was the first group involved in mandated Medical Doctors
re- porters of child abuse?
17. What is one of the most controversial issues
within child protection circles? Deciding if children
should be removed
from their homes
18. What does the family preservation model argue? Children need to be raised
by a nuclear family
19. Why might in-home intervention also benefit IPV? Child abuse and IPV share
the same risk factors.
20. Of the following, which was the last form of
child abuse to attract attention?
100% correct 2025/2026
1. Who negotiates the understanding of social Claim Makers
condi- tions into specific social problems?
2. What term means that victims are often Poly-victimization
exposed to multiple forms of violence
andmaltreatment?
3. What practice in the United States is currently not con- Circumcision
sidered abuse, but some claimsmakers are
emerging to consider it abuse?
4. Up until times, children were regarded as prop- Modern
erty
5. When it comes to infanticide, who is most likely Females
to be killed?
6. Which phrase means that the state has the right
and responsibility to protect those who cannot Parens patriae
protect themselves?
7. Why is the House of Refuge movement
historically important?
became the first
move- ment in what
was to later become
the juvenile jus- tice
system
8. Child physical abuse is: when someone
hurts or harms a
child or young
person on purpose
(CPA)
9. Recognition of sexual child abuse can be traced Freud
back to which important scholar?
10. In which decade did the first women's shelters open in mid-1970's (1971,
,1974)
the United States?
, SOWK Midterm Questions
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_epbfqg
11. What group was an important claims maker in Feminist Organizations
estab- lishing laws around IPV in the United
States?
12. The earliest rape laws in the United States were the property interests of
de- signed to protect . men
13. In which decade was marital rape outlawed in Early 1990s (July 5 1993)
all 50 states?
14. Mary Koss found that what percentage of women
ex- perienced rape and attemptedrape? 27%
15. What do prevention strategies aim to do? to social support and edu-
cation programs
designed to prevent
intimate vio- lence
from occurring in the
first place.
16. Who was the first group involved in mandated Medical Doctors
re- porters of child abuse?
17. What is one of the most controversial issues
within child protection circles? Deciding if children
should be removed
from their homes
18. What does the family preservation model argue? Children need to be raised
by a nuclear family
19. Why might in-home intervention also benefit IPV? Child abuse and IPV share
the same risk factors.
20. Of the following, which was the last form of
child abuse to attract attention?
