Family Violence in law

Law Enforcement

100

Question: Following proper procedures is not necessary when handling violent calls, using official presence is enough to diffuse a situation, True or False 

Answer: False

200

Question: What is the intended purpose of court ordered protective orders when issued to an individual?

Answer: To protect an individual involved in any form of violence

300

Question: What are the two common types of protective orders?

Answers: Temporary Ex Parte Protective Order / Magistrate’s Order for Emergency Protection

400

Question: What are three factors that affect the outcome of legal punishments for child and family abuse cases?

Answer: State in which the abuse took place, age of the victim, criminal history of the offender

500

Question: Comparing the consequences of child/family abuse cases, what consequence in a child abuse case is not common in a family violence case?

Answer: Register as a offender

Family Violence

100

Question: Every day in the United States, more than three women are murdered by their husband or boyfriend

Answer: True

200

Question: Besides sexual, physical,emotional and elder abuse what is the last form of abuse?

Answer: Financial 

300

Question: Why do family members or adults have abusive behaviors in an intimate relationship

ANswer: In order to gain or maintain over the other

400

Question: Besides the first four Legal Punishment for Family Violence what is the last punishment?

Answer: Harm inflicted

500

Scenario: Sally and Tom were fighting over something small and out of nowhere Tom hit her and beat her till she died. What was the cause of the violence.

Answer: Disagreement with intimate partner

Child Abuse

100

Question: What refers to the language and behavior which damages a child's mental well being and self esteem?

Answer: Emotional abuse

200

Question: What are three reasons for child abuse ?

Answer: -high expectations of the child

–  lack of knowledge and skills in raising a child

–  alcohol or drug abuse

–  work pressures

–  past experience with abuse

–  mental or physical illness

• poverty

–  lack of education

–  marital problems

–  family violence

–  lack of family support

–  loneliness and social isolation

–  unemployment

–  inadequate housing

300

Question: What are the common forms of child abuse? 

Answer: Sexual, physical, emotional, neglect

400

Question: The failure to provide necessary medical care is what ?

Answer: Physical neglect

500

Question: What percent of the United States prison population were abused as children?

Answer:78%

Misconceptions

100

Question: Child abusers can only be family 

Answer: False

200

Question: When a parent abuses a child, most people think what type of abuse?

Answer: Physical

300

Question: A common misconception is:

1. Abuse happens only in bad  families 

2. Abusers are mostly family members or others close to the family 

3.  Neglect and emotional abuse is also a form of abuse  

Answer: A

400

 Question: What are the three main misconceptions of family violence?

Answer: Men are never victims of abuse, family violence occurs only in poor, uneducated and minority families, family violence is always physical.

500

Question: Fill in the bank:  While men are less likely to be harmed, _____________________________

Answer: it does not mean that they are never victims

Elder Abuse

100

Question: Approximately how many elders are abused yearly?

Answer: 5 million

200

Question: More than _____ percent of neglect accounts for elder abuse ?

Answer: 50%

300

Question: Pressuring adults to sign legal documents they do not fully understand is a form of elder abuse? True Or False?

Answer: True

400

Question: What are the main reasons for financial abuse?

Answer: 

-taking money or property without permission

- withholding or limiting money

– forcing an individual to sell items or change a will 

– pressuring an individual to sign documents

500

Question: What is the most common type of abuses that abuse 37% of elders experience?

Answer: Financial abuse