Unit 2 - Chap. 4-10 Flashcards
Child Abuse, Investigating Child Abuse, Adolescent Perpetrators, Intimate Partner Violence, Gay and Lesbian Partner Abuse, and Abuse Later in Life
What is infanticide?
the murder of a child before his or her first birthday.
What does ‘parens patriae’ mean?
“Father of the people.”
What is Battered Child Syndrome?
The repeated mistreatment or beating of a child which results in physical and/or psychological injuries.
Abuse is an act of _____?
Commission.
What is an act of commission?
Deliberate and intentional words or overt actions that cause harm or threat of harm to a child, regardless of the intended consequence (abuse).
Child neglect is an act of ommission?
The failure to provide for a child’s basic physical, emotional, or educational needs or to protect the child from harm or potential harm, regardless of the intended consequence.
What was the first major effort in child neglect?
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974.
What is emotional or psychological abuse?
Harm to the child’s mental health or emotional well-being, shown by a noticeable or major shift in behavior, feeling, or thought, or by signs like anxiety, depression, withdrawal, or acting aggressively.
What can neglect be frequently defined as?
The failure of a parent or other person with responsibility for the child to provide needed food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision to the degree that the child’s health, safety, and well-being are threatened with harm.
What is physical abuse?
Any non-accidental physical injury to the child or any action that results in a physical impairment or the death of the child.
What is sexual abuse?
Refers to sexual acts, sexually motivated behaviors involving children, or sexual exploitation of children.
What are the 4 critical steps to investigating child abuse?
- Go to the source
- Get records
- Conduct interview
- Go to the scene
What does age dating or bruises involve?
Noting the color of bruising present on a victim and documenting this information.
What is a family abduction?
The taking, keeping, or concealing of a child or children by a parent, other family member, or person acting on behalf of the parent or family member that deprives another individual of his or her custody or visitation rights.
Munchausen syndrome by proxy involves?
Both physical abuse and medical neglect of a child.
What is shaken baby syndrome (SBS)?
The medical term used to describe the violent shaking of a child and the injuries that can result.
What is fratricide?
The killing of a brother or sister.
What is filicide?
The killing of children by parents.
What is sexual assault on a child?
Any forced, exploitive, or coercive sexual contact or experience with a child.
What is incest?
Any sexual activity between persons who are so closely related that their marriage is illegal.
What is competancy?
A person is fit to stand trial or to take the oath to tell the truth for testimony in court.
What is credibility?
whether or not the (child) witness can be believed.
What are advantages of electronic recordings?
It can reduce the number of interviews, has strong visual impact, and has the potential to induce a confession when played for the offenders.
What are disadvantages of electronic recordings?
Common problems result from human error and technology failures.
What is a child forensic specialist?
An expert who has been taught to use methods set up by experts in child development to use a child’s story to make legal evidence and testimony.
What does the intergenerational cycle of violence assert?
That abused children are at high risk to become abusers in their own adult intimate relationships.
What does the family system theory primarily focus on?
Family behavior and seeks to identify the problems that are a consequence of dysfunctional relationships among family members.
What is resilience in children?
The expression of self-worth, believed to be one of the elements mediating the harmful consequences of maltreatment of children.
What is turning in resilience?
A major transition in the life of a person when he or she takes on a new set of roles, enters into fresh relationships with a new set of people, and achieves a new self-concept.
Violations of criminal law in the juvenile courts?
A delinquency case.
A status offense.
An act that would not be an offense if it were committed by an adult.
What is animal abuse?
Socially unacceptable behavior that intentionally causes unnecessary pain, suffering, or distress to and/or death of an animal.
What is parricide?
The act of killing one’s parent, is one form of murder committed by juveniles.
What is matricide?
The act of killing one’s mother.
What is patricide?
The act of killing one’s father.
What is a runaway?
“Any child who is separated from the child’s guardian and appears to be in need of emergency housing and other services.”
What is emotional sibling abuse?
The constancy and intensity of the words and actions that express contempt and degradation.
What is dating violence?
Occurs in a dating or courtship relationship
What is a pedophile?
An adult who has a sustained sexual orientation toward children.
What did the Battered Women Syndrome increase awareness for?
Violence is committed against lesbian and gay partners and males.
Survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) face numerous challenges such as…?
Homelessness, injury and trauma, and quality of life issues.
Is violence towards women under or overeported?
Underreported.
What percentage of intimate partner violence against women is reported to the police?
Only 49%.
Men are less likely to report the violence and seek services due to…?
The stigma of being a male victim and the fear of not being believed.
What is LGBT?
An acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (or trans) individuals.
What is lesbian?
A person who identifies as a woman and whose sexual orientation is primarily to other women.
What does being gay define as?
Refers to a person who identifies as a man and whose sexual orientation is primarily to other men.
What does it mean to be transgender?
A term used to describe a group of individuals whose gender identity, and how it is expressed, is different from the sex assigned at birth.
What is queer?
A controversial term that some LGBT people have reclaimed.
What does outing mean?
The act of exposing someone as a homosexual.
What is the primary aggressor?
The person in a domestic dispute who is the most significant or principal aggressor.
What 3 categories does maltreatment fall under?
Family or domestic elder abuse, institutional elder abuse, or self-neglect/self-abuse.
What’s a 2 forms of violence against elders that’s unique to the population?
Financial exploitation and abandonment.
What’s a few symptoms of elder neglect?
Withdrawal or denial of health services, untreated injuries and illnesses, denial of adequate food, and lack of proper hygiene
Older adults may not seek help due to…?
Uncertainty about whom to talk to, uncertainty about what can be done, fear of not being believed, and fear of getting involved.
What is undue influence?
Occurs when people use their role with the older adult to exploit the trust, dependency, and fear of others.
What makes many older adults reluctant to follow through with criminal court proceedings?
Threats of abandonment or commitment to an institution.
Characteristics of intimate partner violence (IPV) offenders/batterers include…?
Poor impulse control, aggression, fear of intimacy, emotional dependence, fear of abandonment, and impaired ego functioning.
(T/F) Most offenders of IPV are women who penetrate against men.
False, most offenders of IPV are men who perpetrate against women.
(T/F) Most IPV abuse offenders are age 30 or older.
True.
(T/F) About one-third of the offenders are between the ages of 18 and 29 years of age.
False, about one-half of the offenders are between the ages of 18 and 29 years of age.
What’s a few intimate violence typologies?
Controlling behaviors, fear and intimidation, manipulation, animal cruelty, excessive rule-making, and isolation
What are the two violent styles used by men against women?
Tyrannical offender and exploder offender.
