Exam (elaborations) ICDVP

ICDVP EXAM / ILLINOIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROFESSIONAL LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 300+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS When did the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence establish the first national toll free domestic violence hotline? - ANSWER in 1988 Ancient Babylonian and Mosaic laws provided the earliest written documentation illustrating what? - ANSWER that slavery, private property, and the subjugation of women were facts of life. During this period the practice of buying one's wife became common. Greek poetry stigmatized women as what? - ANSWER innately evil. The creation of women would be seen as a punishment for man What is the rule of thumb law? - ANSWER it modified the weapons a man could legally use in beating his wife. When did the states begin rejecting the legal justification of wife beating? - ANSWER in the 1870's What happened to women in American colonies? - ANSWER they were without political rights, wives were considered legal nonentities. As soon as a women married her legal existence was suspended or incorporated into that of her husband who was regarded as her head and master What are some challenges battered women with strong faith face? - ANSWER many women are pressured by the traditions, attitudes, and values of their religious or cultural groups to remain in abusive marriages the religious leader is a trusted and known resource, and these women may assume that he/she will know what to do