Domestic Violence - Exam 3 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
How many DV shelters across the United States - CORRECT ANSWER- 2,000
When did Battered Women's shelters start? - CORRECT ANSWER- 1970s
What theory did Domestic Violence and The Media base their research off of? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Social Learning Theory
What is an example of Differential Association in Domestic Violence and The Media? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Delinquent peer groups
What is 'Definitions' in Domestic Violence and The Media? - CORRECT ANSWER-
acceptance and own beliefs/ideology of violence
What is imitation of Domestic Violence and The Media? - CORRECT ANSWER- Seeing
violence in the media and then going out to do it
Services Provided in Battered Women Shelters - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Emergency
Shelter
2. 24-hour Crisis Lines: Cannot pick up victims
3. Variable Support Services
4. Still much less than the needed amount
Types of assistance shelters provide - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Unmet needs of family:
medical, school, others
2. Informed on legal rights: assisted with protection orders
, 3. SAFETY PLANS ARE DISCUSSED
4. Opportunities to talk formally and informally with other survivors
5. Housing assistance
6. Employment assistance
7. Obtaining healthcare
Who goes to a shelter? - CORRECT ANSWER- 35 yr old, 2 children, low income, few
options
How long of a stay at shelters? - CORRECT ANSWER- 30 day max
Shelter policies for children - CORRECT ANSWER- Older sons may be asked not to stay
because of the potential for violence
Greatest challenge for shelters - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Lack of funding
2. 1 in 3 women are turned away
3. Almost non-existent in rural areas
Why do most women choose shelters only as a last resort? - CORRECT ANSWER- 1.
Living collectively with many other women/children
2. Rules
3. Amenities
Generally Individualized - CORRECT ANSWER- media depict DV perpetrators as
"mentally disturbed aliens"
Examples of stalking - CORRECT ANSWER- "its NOT stalking, if you love me back"
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
How many DV shelters across the United States - CORRECT ANSWER- 2,000
When did Battered Women's shelters start? - CORRECT ANSWER- 1970s
What theory did Domestic Violence and The Media base their research off of? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Social Learning Theory
What is an example of Differential Association in Domestic Violence and The Media? -
CORRECT ANSWER- Delinquent peer groups
What is 'Definitions' in Domestic Violence and The Media? - CORRECT ANSWER-
acceptance and own beliefs/ideology of violence
What is imitation of Domestic Violence and The Media? - CORRECT ANSWER- Seeing
violence in the media and then going out to do it
Services Provided in Battered Women Shelters - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Emergency
Shelter
2. 24-hour Crisis Lines: Cannot pick up victims
3. Variable Support Services
4. Still much less than the needed amount
Types of assistance shelters provide - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Unmet needs of family:
medical, school, others
2. Informed on legal rights: assisted with protection orders
, 3. SAFETY PLANS ARE DISCUSSED
4. Opportunities to talk formally and informally with other survivors
5. Housing assistance
6. Employment assistance
7. Obtaining healthcare
Who goes to a shelter? - CORRECT ANSWER- 35 yr old, 2 children, low income, few
options
How long of a stay at shelters? - CORRECT ANSWER- 30 day max
Shelter policies for children - CORRECT ANSWER- Older sons may be asked not to stay
because of the potential for violence
Greatest challenge for shelters - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Lack of funding
2. 1 in 3 women are turned away
3. Almost non-existent in rural areas
Why do most women choose shelters only as a last resort? - CORRECT ANSWER- 1.
Living collectively with many other women/children
2. Rules
3. Amenities
Generally Individualized - CORRECT ANSWER- media depict DV perpetrators as
"mentally disturbed aliens"
Examples of stalking - CORRECT ANSWER- "its NOT stalking, if you love me back"
