Chapter 8

Question 1

Intimate partner violence

Answer 1

any past current loving relationship that includes the intentional physical harm of another person

Question 2

Domestic Violence

Answer 2

violence from someone you live with

Question 3

Intimate terrorism

Answer 3

Need for power and control of which abuse is but one element
Involves server persistent frequent abuse that escalates over time
Most severe physical abuse

Question 4

Situational couple violence

Answer 4

When conflict gets out of hand and results in violence
Unlikely to be brought to criminal justice

Question 5

History of IPV

Answer 5

Women were treated as property to husbands or fathers
women had no legal standing
in 1970s from women’s rights movement women acknowledged IPV

Question 6

Extent

Answer 6

25% of all couples will experience IPV
IPV is underreported so it could be 50%
1/3 of women will experience and 1/4 of all men will experience

Question 7

Victim characteristics

Answer 7

Age: young
Race: black and 2 or more races
sex: females

Question 8

same sex IPV

Answer 8

lesbian women: 22%-46% experience IPV
Gay men more likely than lesbian women to experience IPV
threatening to “out a partner”

Question 9

Stalking

Answer 9

First laws created in 1990
1 in 6 women
1 in 19 men
young adults most common (18-24)

Question 10

What is stalking?

Answer 10

A course of conduct that is unwanted and harassing and would cause a reasonable person to be fearful.
Victims need to experience fear as a result.

Question 11

risk factors

Answer 11

Stress ( how couples handle stress)
Cohabitation (couples who live together)
Power and Patriarchy
Social Learning
disability status
neighborhood
risk lifestyle
associating with known criminals
alcohol & drugs

Question 12

The Cycle of Violence

Answer 12

Lenore Walker (1979)

Question 13

Tension building change (COV)

Answer 13

Close relationship with charming behavior on abuser’s part
More serious events generate tension, and small stress causes minor violence

Question 14

The Battering Episode (COV)

Answer 14

Abuser engaging and major physically assaultive behavior

Question 15

Reconciliation Period (COV)

Answer 15

Abuser is calm and loving and asking for forgiveness

Question 16

The Power & Control Wheel

Answer 16

using coercion and threats
using intimidation
emotional abuse
isolation
minimizing, denying, & blaming
using children
male privilege
economic abuse
physical and sexual violence

Question 17

“Misdemeanor rule” for a warrantless arrest

Answer 17

Incident must have taken place within the officer’s presence

Question 18

probable cause

Answer 18

basis for legal arrest

Question 19

Minneapolis Experience

Answer 19

examined arrest in IPV cases
3 police responses: cooling off period, counseling, and arrest
showed arrest was affective
Issues: incapitative effect, researchers favor presumptive arrest

Question 20

Presumptive Arrest

Answer 20

Require arrest but limit this requirement to specific situations in which certain criteria is met

Question 21

Permissive Arrest

Answer 21

Policies do not mandate or presume that an arrest will be made when warranted, rather they allow police to use their discretion.

Question 22

dual arrest policies

Answer 22

Evidence that both parties engaged in violence

Question 23

Prosecutorial and Judicial action

Answer 23

high level of attrition, no-drop policies, restraining or protection order, promote treatment, victim’s advocate

Question 24

legislative reform

Answer 24

Relax the misdemeanor rule
Provide safe temporary housing
Mandatory police report written in IPV calls
Establish domestic violence shelters
No bond –– mandatory first appearance hearing
Minimum jail sentence if convicted (5 days in FL)
Automatic probation if convicted (1 year in FL and must attend batterer intervention)

Question 25

recent developments

Answer 25

Coordinated community response teams
Lautenberg amendment
Reg flag laws