ICDVP Study Guide Questions With Correct Answers 2024 Updated Exam

Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 - ANSWER- implemented by British Parliament; advocated by women's groups; facilitated divorce Violence against women in Archaic states - ANSWER- subjection of women facts of life; buying one's wife became common; Roman laws Law of the 12 Tables - ANSWER- Rome's first set of written laws Impact of Christianity on violence against women - ANSWER- original sin Time span of the witch craze - ANSWER- in Europe and American colonies Number of women tortured and killed as heretics and witches during the witch craze - ANSWER- 200,000-10,000,000 Who was accused of witchcraft during the witch craze? - ANSWER- single/older women living alone; healers and midwives Last official hanging of an accused witch in England - ANSWER- 1684 Last accused witch burned at the stake in Germany - ANSWER- 1775 Foot-binding in China - ANSWER- marketable for marriage; feet could become bloody and infected Year foot-binding in China was outlawed - ANSWER- 1911 Sati - ANSWER- a woman who burns herself alive next to her deceased husband; women not encouraged to live alone; example of love, devotion, and loyalty to husband Honor killings - ANSWER- husband could kill cheating wife; public spectacle Common misogynistic practices in the historical perspective - ANSWER- foot-binding, honor killings, wife selling, killing female infants The rule of thumb - ANSWER- in England medieval law allowed a man to strike his wife with a stick as long as the stick was not thicker than his thumb 1824 Mississippi Supreme Court ruling - ANSWER- court affirmed a husband's right to chastise his wife; husbands could beat their wives to death States that began to go against the 1824 Mississippi Supreme Court ruling - ANSWER- Alabama, Massachusetts Year states began to go against the 1824 Mississippi Supreme Court ruling - ANSWER- 1870 Years feminism returns - ANSWER- 1960s/70s Two branches of 60s/70s feminism - ANSWER- National Organization for Women, women's liberation movement Year and location of the first US shelter - ANSWER- 1980; Texas Year and location of first state coalition against DV - ANSWER- 1976; Pennsylvania What led to the creation of the National Coalition against DV? - ANSWER- 1978 Commission on Civil Rights Year of Family Violence Prevention Services Act - ANSWER- 1984; first federal funding Year of the first national DV hotline - ANSWER- 1987 Year of Violence against Women Act - ANSWER- 1994 Approximate current amount of shelters, hotlines, and networks - ANSWER- 2500 Domestic violence - ANSWER- a pattern of abusing power for the purpose of controlling an intimate partner Percentage of women receiving TANF that have been physically abused - ANSWER- 50% TANF Family Violence Option - ANSWER- states can make exemption from work requirements for DV victims Number of women a year that seek medical care as a result of abuse - ANSWER- 1.5 million Common injury categories of DV victims that seek medical care - ANSWER- serious bleeding, internal injuries, damage to bones, burns Common psychological/physiological results of DV - ANSWER- depression, PTSD, substance abuse, eating disorders, increased STI risk Societal and institutional issues to DV victims seeking medical care - ANSWER- medical response is poor, referrals may not be appropriate, more referrals to psychiatry Myth: abusive relationships will never change for the better - ANSWER- reality: abusive relationships can change if the abuser accepts responsibility Myth: battered women must have done something to cause the battering - ANSWER- reality: the batterer chooses to abuse their partner Myth: an abuser must be mentally ill - ANSWER- reality: some abusers have mental illness but it doesn't cause the violence Year IDVA was enacted - ANSWER- 1986 Purpose of the IDVA - ANSWER- made DV a crime; made remedies available to DV victims Harassment - ANSWER- actions causing a reasonable person emotional distress as well as causing the victim emotional distress harassment examples - ANSWER- creating a disturbance at petitioner's job/school; repeatedly calling petitioner's job/home; repeatedly following petitioner in public places; repeatedly shriveling petitioner; repeatedly threatening/improperly concealing minor child from petitioner; threatening physical force, confinement, or restraint on one or more occasions Interference with personal liberty - ANSWER- committing or threatening physical abuse, harassment, intimidation, or willful deprivation Purpose of interference with personal liberty - ANSWER- compel another to engage in conduct which they have a right to abstain/refrain from intimidation of a dependent - ANSWER- subjection of a person who is dependent because of age, health, or disability to participate in the witnessing of physical force, confinement, or restraint against another which constitutes physical abuse family or household members - ANSWER- dating; married; former partners; parents; (step)children that are adults; persons related by blood; persons related by current or former marriage; persons who share a child in common; persons with disabilities and their personal assistant/caregiver; persons that live in or work at a private home or shelter which houses DV victims and their children OP remedies - ANSWER- prohibit abuse, neglect, exploitation; grant exclusive possession of the home; stay away order; counseling; physical care and possession of minor child; temporary legal custody; visitation; removal or concealment of minor child; order to appear; possession of personal property; protection of property and animals;