Exam 2 chapter 11

Question 1

Ibn tomas

Answer 1

battered womans syndrome expert testimony in court in the 70’s, convicted of second degree murder

Question 2

Battered woman syndrome (BWS)

Answer 2

women who have been physically abused by their husbands or partners and subsequently injure or kill their abusers

Question 3

syndrome

Answer 3

, a term used by medical and psychiatric professionals to describe a cluster of related symptoms that lead to a significant dysfunction in the performance of normal activities

Question 4

Lenore walker

Answer 4

coined BWS in 79; three phase cycle of abuse

Question 5

three phase cycle of abuse

Answer 5

tension building, acute battering, contrition

Question 6

learned helplessness

Answer 6

over time, women who endure long-term abuse become resigned to their suffering and fail to resist or leave their abuser, even when they may be able to do so.

Question 7

BWS survivors use ____ techniques instead of ___ skills

Answer 7

1) survival
2)escape

Question 8

Characteristics of BWS

Answer 8

 Intrusive recollections of the traumatic events
 Hyperarousal and high levels of anxiety
 Avoidanve behavior and emotional numbing (depression, dissasocaition, etc.)
 Disrupted interpersonal relationships due to batterer’s power and control measures
 Body image distortion and/or physical complaints

Question 9

Hyper vigilance

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: heightened attentiveness to the abuser’s subtle behaviors

Question 10

types of batterers

Answer 10

Borderline pd
generally violent antisocial
relationship/fam only

Question 11

generally violent antisocial batterer

Answer 11

generally predisposed to violent behavior toward the people around him. He tends to be antisocial, prone to impulsive behavior, and dependent on alcohol or other drugs. This type of batterer shows the highest recidivism rate

Question 12

relationship/family only batterer

Answer 12

This type is the most common (estimated to be about 50% of batterers) and is characterized by limited marital violence, almost no violence outside the family, lack of a personality disorder, and relatively low rates of alcohol/drug abuse and depression

Question 13

Profile of a batterer

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o young age, low income, unemployment, minority status, childhood exposure to abuse, alch drug and crim problems in adolescence are predctors

Question 14

Why could profiles of batterers help?

Answer 14

they could be identified beforehand and could have an intervention to prevent

Question 15

To plead self-defense, defendants need to show

Answer 15

 They were in danger of imminent bodily harm
 That the force used to repel the attack was reasonable and proportional to the danger that existed
 No reasonable avenue of escape existed

Question 16

Jurors ___ go easy on BWS

Answer 16

dont

Question 17

o Expert testimony on BWS _____ have a powerful effect on verdicts. The testimony needs to say that the woman ____ to have any effect

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1) doesnt
2) fits the symptoms

Question 18

Scientific validity of BWS

Answer 18

not all women go through the same 3 steps, experimenter bias couldve happened, self report data could be biased, doesnt explain why the women might suddenly become violent, lacks a standard definition, might overpathologize

Question 19

 social agency framework (SAF

Answer 19

intended to show that the woman had no other options at the time

Question 20

o in abuse it becomes difficult to define ____ ____ and _____ _____

Answer 20

1) imminent harm
2) proportional force

Question 21

Rape trauma syndrome

Answer 21

o intended to explain the behavior of individuals who had suffered sexual assaults and often acted in seemingly illogical ways.

Question 22

RTS 2 stage process

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Acute crisis phase and reorganization phase

Question 23

RTS acute crisis phase

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several weeks, severe physical symptoms, emotional disturbances, intellectual functioning impaired

Question 24

RTS reorganization phase

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long process of recovery

Question 25

Characteristics of RTS

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fear, anxiety, self-blame, depression, sexual dysfunction, disturbed social relationships

strongly felt in settings similar to where it occurred

Question 26

Variables that modulate the responses of rape survivors

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 Characreistics of the person (age, coping, maturity, social support)
 Characteristics of the event (violence, duration)
 Victim’s environment ( support of friends and family, attitudes od community, physical and emotional safety)
 Therapeutic intervention (timing of intervention, effectiveness, empowerment)

Question 27

o expert testimony on RTS is _____ ____ ____ to be admitted in court proceedings. {expand}

Answer 27

1) much less likely

expert educated on rape myths, but may bias the jury against the attacker

Question 28

Scientific validity of RTS

Answer 28

no control group
2stage recovery prob isnt typical

Question 29

Beyond the ken of jurors

Answer 29

information that is beyond common understanding

Question 30

rape shield laws

Answer 30

limit questions about the victims sexual history