DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STUDY GUIDE 2024 #4
Power and Control Wheel - correct answer - describes the most common abusive behaviors towards women
- gave women validation and understand the abuse
Battered Women's Syndrome, definition - correct answer - psychological condition of someone who has been abused by someone else
What are risk factors for Battered Women's Syndrome? - correct answer 1) Traditional sex-role socialization
2) History of sexual assault/child molestation
3) Coming from a violent family
4) Critical/uncontrollable event in childhood
Cycle of Domestic Violence - correct answer 1) Tension-building over issues
2) Triggered physical abuse
3) Abuser expresses remorse (honeymoon stage)
Types of Domestic Violence - correct answer Physical, Sexual, Psychological/Emotional, Economic
Factors discouraging leaving abuse - correct answer 1) Economic dependency
2) Religious pressure
3) Family Pressure
4) Need for children to have father
5) Lack of alternatives
6) Hope
7) Love
8) Fear
9) Distrust of system
10) Complications of immigration
"Red flags" to look for in a battering personality - correct answer controlling, jealousy, quick involvement, isolation, cruelty to animals or children, Jekyll and Hyde personality, past battering
Economic absuse - correct answer Preventing victim from attending a job
• Demanding that the victim quits his or her job
• Preventing the victim from looking for jobs or attending
Job interviews
• Harassing the victim at work
Coerced debt: when an abuser forces non-consensual,
Credit-related transactions.Applying for credit cards, obtaining loans, or
Opening accounts in a victim's name without their
Knowledge or consent
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