Family Violence

Question 1

The Intervention

Answer 1

1. Disturbance
2. Police Response
3. Restore Order
4. Restraint or Separation
5. Arrest Determination
6. Detoxify Atmosphere
7. Diagnostic Interview
8. Action Plan
   Intervention Methods

Question 2

Civil Disputes

Answer 2

Involve two parties and where no crime has been committed.

Question 3

Payton v New York

Answer 3

Law enforcement officers may not make a warrantless and non-consensual entry into a suspects home to make a routine felony arrest, but such an entry was approved for emergency and dangerous situations immediate physical harm to a victim appears to qualify as an exigent circumstance and permits officers to make a warrantless forced entry

Question 4

Assault against children

Answer 4

The most common cause of children’s death is physical abuse often by their own parents. The clinical term commonly used to describe physically abused children is “The battered child Syndrome”, The officer must not assume that the injured child’s is at a good home and is not a victim of child abuse.

Question 5

Spouse Abuse

Answer 5

The dynamics of spouse abuse cover sexual violence (abuse of the genital area or forced relations.

Question 6

Cycle of Violence

Answer 6

1. Tension building phase
2. Acute battering phase
3. Honeymoon phase