Abuse and Neglect Flashcards
Who is the most vulnerable to family violence?
Women and Children
What is Family Violence?
Physical/Emotional Abuse that occurs within a family structure
At what age are women the highest for domestic violence?
Ages 16 to 24
What is abuse?
- Cycle
2. Learned Behavior
Why are families violent?
- Families either spend too much or not enough time together
- Power differentials, Wives to husbands/kids to parents.
- The size of the family, larger families are at an increased risk.
What is considered a large family?
A family that has four or more kids
What were children treated like in early history?
Children were treated as a piece of property
What are the most forgotten types of abuse?
Neglect and Psychological
What is Child Psychical Abuse?
Any act to a child that results in a non-accidental injury
How old are the majority of children victims?
0-5
What are the physical indicators of child abuse?
- unexplained abrasions
- unexplained skeletal injuries
- unexplained burns in the shape of cigarettes, ropes, or irons
- missing or loosened teeth
- bald spots
- human bite marks
What are some behavioral indicators for child abuse?
- Destructive to self/others
- Accident Prone
- Poor Social relations
- seems afraid to go home
- extremes of behavior:aggressive or withdrawn
- runaway/delinquent behavior
What should we look for when detecting an injury?
- Location
- Repetition of Injury
- Appearance of Injury
- Correlation between injury and explanation
What are normal locations for injuries in children?
- Knees
- Elbow
- Shins
- Forehead
What are abnormal locations for injuries in children?
- Back
- Genital Area
- Thighs
- Butts
List the bruises Physical Clock:
0-5 days: red,purple, blue 5-7 days: green 7-10 days: yellow 10-14 days: brown 2-4 weeks: clear
What is Muchausen Syndrome ?
A fictitious disorder which an adult seeks medical treatment for a fake illness that the child is suffering from
What are some behavioral symptoms of Muchausen syndrome parents?
- being critical of the child and angry with him/her for being injured
- changing the injury story 3 or 4 times
- constantly criticizing the child
- blaming anybody but themselves
- showing no concern about treatment
What are some of the injuries to look for in child abuse?
- Tethering-binding
- Pummeling-hitting in stomach
- Spiral Fracture- usually because of twisting a limb
- Rib Fracture
- Gagging-lacerations to the corners of the mouth & suffocation
- Ear Injuries-cauliflower ear
- Neck Injuries
- Burns-water, cigarette, and microwave
What is child neglect?
A failure to care for a child’s basic needs
What are the characteristics of parents who psychologically maltreat their kids?
- Age and Gender: 33 year old women
- depression, aggression, and hostility
- social anxiety, neuroticism, and low self-esteem
- poor coping/parenting skills
What is dating violence?
The perpetration of physical, emotional, or threat of abuse or murder by at least one person of an umma tried couple
What are the typical ages for dating violence?
12-19 and 18-26 unmarried college students
What is sexual assault?
Sexual coercion, unwanted sexual behavior, and outright rape against an unmarried date or acquaintance
What is stalking?
A series of actions such as harassing, following, or communicating in particular ways that causes the victim to fear for their bodily safety
What are the drugs of date rape?
- GHB: Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (stays in urine or 8-12 hours)
- Retamine: Special K (Horse Tranquilizer)
- Rohypnol: found in Jell-O shots
What are some ways to avoid date rape?
- avoid isolated places
- keep doors locked
- refuse advances verbally
- reinforce resistance
- don’t trust internet people
What should you do if you are raped?
- Go straight to the hospital
- Don’t shower
- If the perp licked or kissed you, tell the hospital staff where
What are some characteristics that might lead to domestic violence?
- power/control issues
- romanticism
- peer influences
- relationship problems
- alcohol/drug abuse
What is psychological abuse in dating violence?
- Isolation
- Verbal domination
- Monopolization-absurd wants victim idolize them
- Humiliation/Degradation
- Fear
- Guilt-victim blames themselves
- Economic abuse
What is psychological destabilization?
Making the victim feel as if their crazy
What are the theories for intimate partner violence?
- Patriarch-males think they have the right to punish female partners
- Acceptance of Violence-society says it’s okay
- Social stress-family setting is the most vulnerable setting
- Power-you need equal and agreed amounts of power
- Dependency- the most common is economic dependency
- Alcohol-makes every thing worse
