Test 1 - Domestic Violence questions and Answers 100% Correct
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Test 1 - Domestic Violence questions and
Answers 100% Correct
Patriarchy -Social system that recognizes the complete dominance of men over women,
typically strengthened by law in addition to custom and religion
-Early social-legal history
The Code of Hammurabi -the set of laws drawn up by Ba...
Test 1 - Domestic Violence questions and Answers 100% Correct Patriarchy -Social system that recognizes the complete dominance of men over women, typically strengthened by law in addition to custom and religion -Early social -legal history The Code of Hammurabi -the set of laws drawn up by Babylonian king Hammurabi dating to the 18th century BC, the earliest legal code known in its entirety -Extensive body of law relating to family matters -Dracon wrote the first laws in Athens, Greece around 621 BC and they were later built upon by Solon around 594 BC Greece and Rome What 2 empires? -In both empires a woman was treated as the property of either her father or husband. -A woman could be physically punished by either her father or husband, and could be killed for the smallest of offenses. -Women did not participate in government or court proceedings. -Divorce could only be sought by the husband. Test 1 - Domestic Violence questions and Answers 100% Correct British Common Law -Patriarchy is dominant in Western civilization. Under common law, women and children were no longer viewed as property, but the results were the same. -Upon marriage a man and woman become one but the rights of the woman are then subordinate to those of the male. (women were still ranked lower than men) -There is evidence of some legal restrictions on the extent to which a wife might be chastised (rebuked). A husband could not beat his wife but was limited to admonition and confinement. French Law Napoleon formalized the civil code: -Women were made legal minors for their entire lives and could be beaten, punched, and permanently disfigured. -The Napoleonic Code had great influence -Divorce was a rare intervention and only came when beatings reached the level of attempted murder. The Napoleonic Code What influenced French, Swiss, Italian, and German law? (French Law) Test 1 - Domestic Violence questions and Answers 100% Correct Early America -The absence of specific legislation on wife -beating implies a reliance on English common law. -a married woman should be free from physical correction by her husband. -The American Revolution weakened earlier gains toward protections for battered women. -Bradley v. State (1824) The Massachusetts Code of 1648 provided that a married woman should be free from physical correction by her husband. (Early America) The American Revolution What weakened earlier gains toward protections for battered women? (Early America) Bradley v State (1824) What court case declared that wife -beating was a husbands right? Test 1 - Domestic Violence questions and Answers 100% Correct TRUE Before the Civil War in America, slaves had no protections and were subjected to the sexual and economic desires of their owners. However, after the civil war, blacks were granted the right to marry one another. (T/F) TRUE Native American societies were matriarchal, meaning that the WOMEN were the head of the family and government. (T/F) TRUE By the 1870s, judges no longer allowed the husband to claim the legal right to beat his wife, but battering still continued behind closed doors. (T/F)? TRUE By the 1870s, judges no longer allowed the husband to claim the legal right to beat his wife, but battering still continued behind closed doors. (T/F)? Stitch rule or curtain rule 2 terms informally used by police to determine whether or not to make an arrest in a domestic violence case Misdemeanor
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