CH 13 crimes against children

Question 1

everyday at least ___ children in the US die from maltreatment

Answer 1

4

Question 2

children are most at risk of dying of maltreatment during the first _____ years of life

Answer 2

4

Question 3

chances of being murdered are greater __________ than at any other point in a persons life

Answer 3

on the day of birth

Question 4

when the childs death is directly related to injuries suffered as a result of a specific incident of abuse or act of negligence

Answer 4

acute maltreatment

Question 5

when a childs brain is injured from violent shaking, often cite the childs crying as the “triggering event.”

Answer 5

Shaken baby syndrome

Question 6

When the childs death is directly related to injures caused by neglect occuring over an extended period of time.

Answer 6

chronic maltreatment

Question 7

this legal term asserts the governments role in protecting the interests of children and intervening when parents fail to provide proper care

Answer 7

parens patriae

Question 8

The role of CPS is to determine whether maltreatment was involved in the childs death, identify the responsible party, and

Answer 8

then take appropriate action to protect any surviving siblings

Question 9

Only if CPS and LE coordinate their efforts and use their respective resources will ______

Answer 9

the investigation succeed

Question 10

The ____________ impacts of abuse frequently have long-term consequences for the child.

Answer 10

psychological and emotional

Question 11

Special care must be afforded in the interview of a child victim because children are___________

Answer 11

imaginative and highly susceptible to suggestion

Question 12

SBS is estimated to affect between _________ children every year in the US

Answer 12

1200 and 1600

Question 13

Victims of SBS are aged _________

Answer 13

3 years and younger

Question 14

__________ is, conclusive evidence of SBS in the absence of a good explanation

Answer 14

retinal hemmorrhaging

Question 15

In most cases of SBS, there is no _____

Answer 15

skull fracture and no external sign of trauma

Question 16

SIDs is not a ____________; rather, it is a diagnosis made when there is no other medical explanation for the abrupt death of an apparently healthy infant.

Answer 16

positive finding

Question 17

91 percent of SIDS deaths occur before the age of

Answer 17

6 months, with the highest concentration occuring between 2 and 4 months

Question 18

Properly conducted forensic interviews are legally sound in part because they ensure the interviewers objectivity; use _________; and _______

Answer 18

non leading, nonsuggestive techniques; and emphasize careful documentation of the interview

Question 19

The reason why forensic interviews are needed is that most perpetrators ______

Answer 19

deny the abuse and most acts of maltreatment are not witnessed

Question 20

the goal of the forensic interview is to

Answer 20

obtain a statement from a child in an objective, developmentally sensitive, and legally defensible manner

Question 21

Some forensic interview models include

Answer 21

cognitive interview, step-wise interview, and narrative ellaboration

Question 22

The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purposes of a commercial sex act is

Answer 22

sex trafficking

Question 23

child pornography is a form of

Answer 23

child sexual exploitation

Question 24

Any american citizen or resident who engages in sexual conduct with a minor in a foreign land is subject to

Answer 24

federal prosecution