Domestic Violence / Stalking Flashcards
What did the study by Kempe lead to?
In 1962 he conducted a survey of 88 hospitals to find 302 abused children. This lead to calls for child abuse reporting systems.
Where was (and what year) was the first shelter for battered women and children established?
Pasadena, California. 1964.
What does “Family or household member” exactly mean?
- Spouses / Former Spouses
- Persons related by blood or
marriage. - Persons presently residing
together. - Persons who have a child in
common.
What is family/domestic violence? (As described by Wallace & Seymour 2001)
Any assault, intimidation, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery or any criminal offence resulting in personal injury or death of one family or household member by another who is or was residing in the same single-dwelling unit.
What behaviours are included as family violence?
Verbal threats, shouting, slapping, aggressive gestures, intimidation, spanking, punching, stabbing, striking, shooting and burning.
What is corporal punishment?
Physical discipline of a child.
What are other forms of child abuse?
Child neglect, child maltreatment.
What is physical abuse? (of a child)
Characterized by the infliction of physical injury as a result of punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning, shaking or otherwise harming a child.
What is sexual abuse? (of a child)
Includes fondling a child’s genitals, intercourse, incest, rape, sodomy, exhibitionism and commercial exploitation through prostitution or the production of graphic materials.
What is emotional abuse? (of a child)
Includes acts or omissions by the parents or other caregivers that have caused, or could cause, serious behavioural, cognitive, emotional or mental disorders.
What are the three types of neglect?
1) Physical neglect
2) Educational neglect
3) Emotional neglect
What is physical neglect?
Refusal or delay in seeking healthcare, abandonment, expulsion from the home or refusal to allow a runaway to return home and inadequate supervision.
What is educational neglect?
Allowance of chronic truancy, failure to enrol a child of mandatory school age in school, and failure to attend to a special educational need.
What is emotional neglect?
Includes such actions as marked inattention to the child’s needs for affection; psychological care; spouse abuse in the child’s presence; permission of drug or alcohol use by the child.
What are the percentages of forms of child abuse that happen?
Physical Abuse - 20%
Sexual Abuse - 10%
Emotional Abuse - 8%
Neglect - 63%
What are poly-victims?
Four or more incidents of abuse over the course of a year.
What ages of children are the highest rates for child abuse and neglect?
0-3