Understanding Violence
Violence Prevention
Abuse
Preventing & Coping with Abuse
Wild Card
100
The most common violent crime.
What is assault
100
relationships built on respect, caring, and honesty
What is healthy relationships
100
the physical, mental, and emotional mistreatment of another person
What is abuse
100
the pattern of repeating abuse from one generation to the next
What is the cycle of abuse
100
the buying or selling of drugs
What is drug trafficking
200
forced sexual activty
What is rape
200
a policy that makes no exceptions for anybody for any reason
What is zero tolerance policy
200
failure to provide for the basic physical and emotional needs of a dependent
What is neglect
200
behavior that in some ways helps an abuser continue his or her actions
What is enabling
200
beating, hitting, kicking of another person
What is battery
300
the most common targets of abuse
What is women and children
300
a police officer who is usually on school property during the school hours to keep schools safe
What is a school resource office/Officer Smith (Smitty)
300
physical abuse that occurs within a family
What is domestic violence
300
a toll-free telephone service where abuse victims can get help and information
What is a crisis hot-line
300
ongoing conduct that offends another person by criticizing his/her race, color, religion, physical disability, or gender
What is harassment
400
The age group most likely to encounter violence
What is teens
400
any individual who suffers injury, loss, or death due to violence
What is a victim
400
sexual contact that is forced on another person
What is sexual abuse
400
divorce, lack of communication and coping skills, a history of having been abused as a child, alcohol and drug use, lack of parenting skills
What is warning signs of abuse
400
a group whose members often use violence or take part in criminal activity
What is a gang
500
an illegal act committed against someone because he or she is a member of a particular group
What is hate crime
500
a special school program where teens decide resolutions for other teens for bullying and other problem behaviors
What is youth court
500
repeated communication using words, gestures, bullying, insults, and threats to make another person feel worthless
What is emotional abuse
500
adults may fear that no one will believe them; a child may fear that adults will think they are lying or exaggerating; a person may think abuse is a private matter; some people may believe they deserved to be abused because of something they did
What is why survivors/the abused stay silent
500
an unfair negative opinion of a group of people (may lead to hate crimes)
What is prejudice
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