CHAPTER M Flashcards
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- WHAT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CHILDHOOD SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES.
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- CHILD ABUSE.
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- CHILD ABUSE.
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- THE PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN.
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- WHERE DOES CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT USUALLY OCCUR.
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- IN PRIVATE PLACES.
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- WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN TYPES OF CHILD MALTREATMENT.
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- PHYSICAL ABUSE
- SEXUAL ABUSE
- NEGLECT.
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- CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE. 6.
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- MAY RANGE FROM MINOR BRUISING TO DEATH
- THE RISK OF PHYSICAL ABUSE DECREASES AS THE CHILD GETS OLDER.
- BOYS AND GIRLS ARE EQUALLY LIKELY TO BE AT RISK
- BOYS SUSTAIN SLIGHTLY MORE SERIOUS INJURIES.
- PHYSICAL ABUSE OCCURS DISPROPORTIONATELY AMONG ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES.
- INCOME ALSO AFFECTS THE SEVERITY OF ABUSE.
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- SEXUAL ABUSE, WHAT AGE IS AT RISK THE MOST.
- HOW ARE SEXUAL ABUSED CHILDREN SELECTED.
- WHO ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEXUAL ABUSE.
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- FROM 7 TO 12.
- BECAUSE THEY ARE VULNERABLE
- GIRLS.
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- CHARACTERISTICS OF NEGLECT.
2. WHAT IS THE MEAN AGE OF CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FROM NEGLECT.
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- RANGES FROM FAILURE TO PROVIDE FOOD, CLOTHING, OR SHELTER, MEDICAL CARE, SUPERVISION, OR SCHOOLING.
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- THE MYTH IS THAT CHILD MOLESTERS ARE JUST DIRTY OLD MEN, BUT WHAT IS THE REALITY.
- CHILD VICTIMS AND EQUALLY BE.
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- THAT CHILD MOLESTERS CAN LOOK LIKE ANYONE ELSE, EVEN SOMEONE WE KNOW AND LIKE.
- BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUNG OR OLD.
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- CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.
2. WHO ARE USUALLY THE VICTIMS OF CHILD PROSTITUTION.
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- THE UNWANTED SEXUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT OF AN UNDERAGE CHILD.
- BOYS.
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- INCEST
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- SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OF ANY AGE TOO CLOSELY RELATED TO MARRY.
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- ACQUAINTANCE MOLESTATION.
- WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ACQUAINTANCE MOLESTER. 3.
- HOW DO ACQUAINTANCE MOLESTERS GAIN ACCES TO CHILDREN
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THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY PERSONS KNOWN TO THEM , OTHER THEN FAMILY MEMBERS.
- HE IS NOT ANONYMOUS.
- HE IS NOT AN EXTERNAL THREAT.
- HE IS DESCRIBED AS NOT BAD
- THROUGH YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.
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- WHAT FORM OF CHILD ABUSE DO MOST CHILDREN SUFFER FROM
2. WHAT IS THE MAJORITY OF CHILD DEATHS RELATED TO
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- NEGLECT.
2. NATURAL CAUSES AND ACCIDENTS.
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- OF CHILDREN WHO DIED FROM ABUSE OR NEGLECT, WHAT IS THE MAJORITY AGE OF THEM
- WHO IS THE MAJORITY OF CHILD ABUSE REPORTED BY.
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- UNDER 4 YEARS OLD.
2. PROFESSIONALS: TEACHERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL PERSONNEL.
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- WHAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN DEALING EFFECTIVELY WITH CHILD ABUSE.
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- THE INABILITY OF THE TWO LEAD INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES TO WORK TOGETHER. THE POLICE AND SOCIAL WELFARE.
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- WHERE IS CHILD ABUSE LIKELY TO OCCUR.
2. WHAT FACTOR CONTRIBUTES TO A PARENT WHO IS A CHILD ABUSER.
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- ABUSE OCCURS IN ALL CULTURAL, ETHNIC, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS.
- THERE IS NO SINGLE ONE FACTOR, ITS A COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND PERSONALITY TYPES.
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- WHAT IS THE PROFILE OF A PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSER. 7
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- SUFFER FROM HISH STRESS (FROM SINGLE PARENTING, HEALTH, UNEMPLOYMENT.
- HAVE POORLY DEVELOPED COPING SKILLS.
- STRUGGLE WITH PERSONALITY FACTORS.
- HAVE LOW SELF ESTEEM
- POOR IMPULE CONTROL
- ANXIETY
- HAVE LOW FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE.
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- WHAT IS THE PROFILE FOR A SEXUAL ABUSE OFFENDER.
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- THEY ARE USUALLY IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY OR TRUST
- USUALLY MALE
- TYPICALLY IN THEIR 30’S
- OFFENDERS WHO VICTIMIZE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS USUALLY ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO VICTIMS.
- OFFENDERS WHO VICTIMIZE NON FAMILY MEMBERS MUCH LARGER NUMBER.
- SUFFER FROM INADEQUACY, DEPRESSION, ISOLATION, RIGID VALUES
- HAVE DEVIANT AROUSAL PATTERNS.
- GROOM THEIR VICTIM BY STARTING WITH NONSEXUAL TOUCHING TO SEXUAL ACTIVITY.
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- WHAT IS THE PROFILE FOR THE NEGLECT ABUSER.
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- THEY ARE USUALLY SINGLE FEMALE CARETAKERS.
- THEY ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO BE REPORTED.
- HAVE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM.
- EXPERIENCED NEGLECT THEMSELVES.
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- WHAT ARE CHILD FATALITIES CATEGORIZED AS. 2 CATEGORIES.
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- ACUTE MALTREATMENT
2. CHRONIC MALTREATMENT
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- ACUTE MALTREATMENT.
2. IN ACUTE MALTREATMENT CASES, HOW OFTEN WAS THE CHILD PREVIOUSLY ABUSED OR NEGLECTED.
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- THE CHILDS DEATH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO INJURIES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OR ABUSE, OR AN ACT OF NEGLIGENCE.
- THE HAS NEVER BEEN PREVIOUSLY ABUSED OR NEGLECTED.
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- IN CASES OF ACUTE MALTREATMENT HOW WOULD THE CARETAKER HAVE FATALLY ASSAULTED THE CHILD
- WHAT CASES ARE OFTEN INCLUDED IN ACUTE MALTREATMENT OF A CHILD.2
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- AS AN INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO THE CHILDS BEHAVIOR
- OR A CONSCIOUS ACT TO HURT THE CHILD.
- SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME.
- ACUTE NEGLECT.
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- .WHAT IS SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME
2. WHAT IS ACUTE NEGLECT.
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- A CHILDS BRAIN IS INJURED FROM VIOLENT SHAKING, OFTEN CAUSE THE CHILDS CRYING TRIGGERED THE EVENT.
- A CARETAKERS ONE TIME FAILURE TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE THE CHILD, WHICH RESULTS IN A FATAL INJURY.
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- WHAT IS CHRONIC MALTREATMENT
2. WHAT IS USUALLY INCLUDED IN CHRONIC MALTREATMENT
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- THE CHILDS DEATH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO INJURIES CAUSED BY NEGLECT OCCURRING OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
- BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME
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- WHAT IS BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME
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- A COLLECTION OF INJURIES SUSTAINED BY A CHILD AS A RESULT OF REPEATED MISTREATMENT OR BEATING.
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- HOW DOES CHILD FATALITIES DIFFER FROM OTHER TYPES OF HOMICIDE. 7
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- THE CAUSES OF DEATH
- THE OFFENDERS MOTIVATIONS
- THE LEGAL CULPABILITY FOR THE CRIME
- THE METHODS USED TO INFLICT THE FATAL INJURIES
- THE TYPES OF INJURIES SUSTAINED
- THE PHYSICAL AND FORENSIC EVIDENCE INVOLVED.
- THE INVESTIGATORS TECHNIQUES USED.
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- CATEGORIES AND ISSUES INVOLVED IN CHILD FATALITIES.
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- DELAYED DEATH
- WITNESSES AND ACCOMPLICES
- WEAPONS
- TRACE EVIDENCE
- CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
- INTERNAL INJURIES
- MOTIVES.
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- Why do many maltreatment deaths of children involve a delay of time
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- This often happens in cases of a abuse of head trams.
2. And in cases of internal injuries to the chest and abdomen.
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- What is the most common type of fatal injury and maltreatment death to a child
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- Abuse head trams caused by shaken baby syndrome