Quiz 4 Flashcards
Are intended to prevent of users from coming into contact with their victims
Orders of protection
An act of intimate partner violence occurs approximately every
18 seconds
Orders of protection may also be called
Civil protection orders
Restraining orders and injunctions
The US Constitution divides the federal government into three branches
Executive branch the legislative branch and the judicial branch
The judicial system comprises to primary types of courts
Civil and criminal
This court hears cases that do not involve the breaking of criminal laws rather address issues such as contract disputes property damage minor injuries and compensation from accidents these are the courts that handle orders of protection
Civil court
Specific types of civil court
Family Court and juvenile court
This court, hears divorce child support and child custody cases
Family Court
This court is responsible for determining the innocence or guilt of persons charge with misdemeanors or felonies
Criminal court
The person filing the request for an order of protection that is of 18 years of age or older
Petitioner
The person who is named as the alleged perpetrator
Respondent
At this initial hearing the plaintiff can appear before the judge without the defendant to request a temporary restraining order or temporary order of protection
Ex parte hearing
The judge decides to grandpas and a 10 day hearing is scheduled
Ex parte order of protection
The second protective order hearing both the plaintiff and respondent present their cases
10 day hearing or evidentiary hearing
This policy requires that upon being called to a domestic dispute the police will arrest suspects rather than counseling them or making them leave the premises
Mandatory arrest policy
Prosecutors pursue a charge if there was sufficient evidence and regardless of whether the victim wanted to pursue the action or not
No drop policy
This assist perpetrators and changing their attitudes and behaviors toward intimate partners
Batterer intervention programs
Couples involved in this use a mediator rather than a judge to agree upon a mutually satisfactory outcome in their case
Mediation or alternative dispute resolution
This is a type of mediation. This involves one or a series of conferences or meetings to restore victims offenders and communities through participation of a plurality of stakeholders in the process of recovering from crime
Restorative justice
In this stage the social worker develops a professional relationship with the client discusses expectations offer services and explains the process
Engagement
This stage involves the client requires judgments identifies client strength and is an ongoing process
Assessment
This stage is for determining the effectiveness of the intervention using program evaluation skills
Evaluation
Policies regarding the privacy of personal health information
Health insurance portability and accountability act
This is imperative because the most important part of the assessment is the victims safety
Lethality assessment
Among common problems of IPV victims are those of posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse and sexually transmitted disease
Co-occurring conditions
A syndrome of intrusive reexperiencing avoidance and emotional numbing and hyper arousal symptoms that occurs in some individuals in the aftermath of a traumatic event
Posttraumatic stress disorder
A hormone secreted by the adrenal gland that helps individuals cope with stressors
Cortisol
These can provide valid and reliable measures of numerous aspects of a relationship such as communication style conflict areas are relations and marital stability
Assessment instruments
Actions and IPV the victim can take for protection while in the relationship and or while planning to leave the relationship
Safety plan
This is primarily concerned with reducing anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms through critical incident stress debriefing
Crisis intervention
The social worker continues showing empathy and understanding of the survivors experience
Normalizing
This has been recommended to help victims of I PV reduce anxiety and depression and learn to control their emotional responses
Trauma therapy
This model uses psychoeducation about PTSD stress management self-monitoring of maladaptive thoughts and speech and talking about the trauma
Cognitive trauma therapy for battered women
This is an evidence-based psycho educational group treatment for survivors of I PV to help them understand how the violence they have experience has impacted their lives and what they can do about it
Survivor therapy empowerment program
This stresses the clinicians focus on the clients strengths the provision of information and encouragement collaborative work with clients in the avoidance of labels of pathology
Feminist therapy
This perspective is based on various assumptions including that people can do well and managing their lives, helpers can assist people in understanding the qualities that have helped him survive their difficulties in life and helpers believe in their clients ability to reach their aspirations
Strength-based approach
This treatment have eight stages: history taking, establishing the therapeutic relationship, gathering assessment information, using eye movements for desensitization and reprocessing, the installation phase during which positive cognition is elicited time for client to mentally scan for remaining disturbances, closure and reevaluation of progress
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
This procedure involves four sessions of imaginal exposure to Traumatic events
Exposure therapy
This may help social workers and other change victims behaviors from harmful to beneficial. The principles are empathy, discrepancy, rolling with resistance, supporting self efficacy
Motivational interviewing
This occurs when clinicians are traumatized by repeatedly hearing clients trauma stories
vicarious traumatization
Social workers follow seven phases been working with their client engagement assessment planning contracting intervention evaluation closing and follow up
Change model
