ICDVP Exam 2 Questions With All Correct Answers

ICDVP Exam 2 Questions With All Correct Answers What is the Common Scold? - ANSWER- troublesome and angry women who break the public peace. It was a crime that consisted of speaking one's mind and could only be committed by women. When the Common Scold Law was declared obsolete in England by the Criminal Law Act? - ANSWER- In 1967 When was the last women convicted of being a common scold in the U.S.? - ANSWERin 1829, but the last women accused of being a scold in the U.S. was in 1971 in New Jersey. What is riding the Stang? - ANSWER- rituals of public shaming by community sanctions What is abuse? - ANSWER- repeated attempts to control, manipulate, or demean another individual using physical, sexual, or emotional tactics. What is physical abuse? - ANSWER- any use of size, strength, or presence to hurt or control someone else. Ex) Pushing, slapping, choking, biting, kicking, etc. What is emotional abuse? - ANSWER- any use of words, voice, action, or lack of action meant to control, hurt, or demeans another person. Emotionally abusive relationships are defined as what? - ANSWER- involving repeated hurtful exchanges with a disregard for the partner's feelings. What are some types of verbal abuse? - ANSWER- threatening to kill, accusing partner of unfaithfulness, name calling, criticizing, yelling, etc. What is sexual abuse? - ANSWER- any sexual behavior meant to control, manipulate, humiliate, or demean another person. Sex in abusive relationships is often used as what? - ANSWER- as means to exert power over the female partner and to further shame and humiliate her. Frequently women are raped after a beating. What are some types of sexual abuse? - ANSWER- unwanted touching, unfaithfulness, forced sex, hurtful sex, forcing partner to watch others have sex. What are some myths about domestic violence and victims? - ANSWER- that victims provoke their abusers, battered women are helpless, passive, fragile, and have little to no education, battered women enjoy abuse, batterers are inappropriate in all their relationships, abusive relationships will not change for the better, and alcohol and drug use cause battering What are some realities of domestic violence? - ANSWER- Batterers chose to be violent instead of choosing a nonviolent alternative, domestic violence crosses all socioeconomic, ethnic, racial, educational, and religious lines, victim blaming is another way taking the blame away the batterer, the victim cannot control the batterer, batterers choose to act violently in select relationships as a means of dominating What does the feminist theory propose the cause of domestic violence is? - ANSWERThe theory suggests that economic, social, and historical processes operate both directly and indirectly to support male dominated (patriarchal) social order and the family structure itself. Patriarchy has led to the subordination of women and domestic violence is a way of maintaining this subordination. What is the "choice theory"? - ANSWER- this theory states that men abuse women because they can or choose too. They choose to behave abusively toward their female partners because they can get away with it and because doing so gets them what they want. What are the effects of domestic violence on victims? - ANSWER- lowered self-esteem, accepting responsibility for the partners actions, guilt, feelings of helplessness that affect how the women think, feel, and act. Also they may be in denial which is used as a survival strategy. What are some the defense mechanisms a batterer may use to justify the abuse? - ANSWER- Rationalization ("I just wanted her to listen to me") Denial/minimizing ("I only pushed her") Denial/claiming loss of control ("A man can only take so much") Blaming ("If she hadn't provoked me...") What happens in the tension building phase? - ANSWER- less lethal forms of battering occur, the women senses the tension and tries to make the abusive partner less angry to prevent abuse, the woman minimizes the minor incidents and blames herself, the women denies that the tension will escalate What happens in the acute battering phase? - ANSWER- the abuser's rage escalates dramatically, both the abuser and woman accept the myth that he can't control his anger, severe injuries occur as a result of the battering, women experiences shock and disbelief that the incident has occurred What happens in the honeymoon phase? - ANSWER- the abuser expresses remorse for his behavior and makes promises to change, abuser is charming and loving, offers gifts to apologize, begins to show feelings of guilt and sympathy for woman, the woman's desire to believe he will change and the abuser's temporarily changed behavior reinforce her desire to stay in the relationship What is the Victim's Economic Security and Safety Act? - ANSWER- it allows employees who are victims of domestic or sexual violence or who have family or household members who are victims of such violence to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per any 12 month period to seek medical help, legal assistance, counseling, safety planning, and other assistance. The Act also prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who are victims of domestic or sexual violence or who have family or household members who are victims of domestic or sexual violence. What is the Safe Homes Act? - ANSWER- It allows victims of domestic or sexual violence to leave their rental housing early, before the end of their lease, to protect their physical safety and emotional wellbeing. In certain circumstances, victims can also request an emergency lock change to keep the abuser out of the home. How do you clean up a blood spill? - ANSWER- 1 part bleach and 10 parts water. 20 min stand time Under the 1994 Violence against Women Act (VAWA) it's illegal for individuals who have been convicted of a domestic violence related incident or who have an order of protection against them to what? - ANSWER- to possess a fire arm. Military and law enforcement personnel are NOT exempt from this law, even if they carry weapons when they are on duty.