Fam Violence and Rape

Question 1

first state to rescind husbands right to beat wife

Answer 1

alabama 1871

Question 2

Violence Against Women Act (1994)

Answer 2

comprehensive approach to violence against women combined tough new
provisions to hold offenders accountable with programs to provide services for the
victims of such violence

Question 3

Physical Abuse

Answer 3

Physical violence is partner abuse when it is intended to enhance the power
and control of the abuser over the partner.
Physical abuse can be defined as the threat of harm or any forceful physical
behavior that intentionally or accidentally causes bodily harm or property
destruction,

Question 4

sexual abuse

Answer 4

Sexual abuse is any forced or coerced sexual act or behavior motivated to
acquire power and control over the partner. It is not only forced sexual contact
but also contact that demeans or humiliates the partner and instigates feelings
of shame or vulnerability

Question 5

emot/psych

Answer 5

Emotional abuse is any use of words, voice, action or lack of action meant to
control, hurt or demean another person. Emotional abuse typically includes
ridicule, intimidation or coercion. Emotional abuse, however, is repeated
hurtful exchanges with disregard for the partner’s feelings aimed at gaining
power and/or exerting control over the partner

Question 6

Financial Abuse

Answer 6

Financial abuse is the use or misuse, without the partner’s freely given
consent, of the financial or other monetary resources of the partner or of the
partnership.
Common examples of financial abuse include:
Forbidding the partner to work
Jeopardizing the partner’s employment by such tactics as excessive calls to
work; creating conflict with co-workers, supervisor or clients; creating scenes
with co-workers; forcing the partner to miss work through threats, injuries or
coerced substance use
Refusing to work, yet contributing to expenses
Controlling shared resources, including bank accounts and common property
Demanding the partner sign over paychecks or denying access to liquid
assets, like mutual funds
Demanding the partner account for all the money he spends

Question 7

Identity Abuse

Answer 7

Identity abuse is using personal characteristics to demean, manipulate and
control the partner. Some of these tactics overlap with other forms of abuse,
particularly emotional abuse. This category is comprised of the social “isms”,
including racism, sexism, ageism, able-ism, beauty-ism, as well as
homophobia
Examples are:
Outing or threatening to out the partner to such people as family, boss, or
neighbors
Using the partner’s own homophobia to demean him or make him fearful
Asserting that the partner will never have another relationship because he is
too ugly or too old
Blaming the abuse on the partner’s identity (gay, bisexuality, transgender) or
behavior (non-monogamy, wish to practice or not practice S&M, etc.) or
justifying the abuse based on any of these factor

Question 8

social learning theory

Answer 8

people are likely to engage in family violence if
they have been exposed to violence or learn that violence is an appropriate way to
deal with interpersonal problems.

Question 9

stress theory

Answer 9

some people who experience stress will turn to violence.
Those who lack personal resources and social support from relatives and friends
are more likely to react to stress through violence

Question 10

exchange theory

Answer 10

persons are likely to commit violence if its benefit is
greater than the cost of punishment for it. Rewards include power and control over
the victim, while the risk is being arrested.

Question 11

causes of child abuse

Answer 11

the intergenerational transmission of
violence, which comes from the experience of abuse in childhood and which is true of
30 percent of child abusers and (b) society’s acceptance of physical violence as an
appropriate method to discipline children. Parents who approve of physical
punishment are four times more likely to abuse their child than others. Poverty,
unemployment, and lack of education can contribute to child abuse. Problematic
interactions between parents and children also increase risk.

Question 12

elder abuse

Answer 12

neglect. emot. exploit.

Question 13

common warning signs of ipv

Answer 13

• frequent injuries claiming to be accidents
• low Self esteem
• being isolated
• checking in const w abusive partner

Question 14

marital rape

Answer 14

underreported bc feel burden to preserve marriage and hard to see spouse as rapist

Question 15

sexual assaults phase 1 disorg

Answer 15

acute phase involving extreme fear, shock, humiliation, self-blame, or
anxiety

Question 16

s.a. 2nd disorg

Answer 16

second is a longer, lingering phase of disorganization involving dreams and
phobias; it may include a
• fear of indoors if a woman was raped in her bed,
• fear of outdoors if the rape occurred outdoors, fear of being alone,
• fear of crowds, fear of being followed by another person, and sexual fears.
It may lead to a decline in many forms of sexual satisfaction.