Definitions
Supporting Arguments
Counter Argument
Statistics
100
What is Physical Abuse?
What is--> hitting, pinching, slapping, pushing, punching, kicking, burning, stabbing or shooting. It may also include threats to cause harm.
100
Experiencing family violence at a young age can harm the development of the_______.
What is the brain
100
True or False family violence is the only contributing factor in the justice system.
False
100
___% of youth in custody have been physically abused or sexually.
What is 82%
200
What is Family violence?
What is-->means an abuse of power within a relationship of family, trust or dependency, and included many forms of abusive behaviour, e.g. emotional abuse, psychological abuse, criminal harassment, neglect, financial exploitation, destruction of property, injury to pets, physical assault, sexual assault and homicide.
200
Youth that live in homes where family abuse is present are more likely to become involved in_______________________.
What is substance abuse, theft, physical violence and other crimes
200
When thinking about the microsystem in the ecological map. What are some contributing factors towards a child/youth? ( list 3)
What is peers, school, media, neighborhood
200
True or False The majority of youth in custody use drugs at a young age?
What is True
300
What is Sexual Abuse?
What is--> includes unwanted touching or sexual activity. It may include control over birth control, forced pregnancies or abortions and transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD).
300
Male youths are more likely to be _________
What is Abusive
300
According to Bronfenbrenner's ecological system which system most affects or children/youth?
What is microsystem
300
Nearly______children and youth were the victims of a police-reported assault in 2007
What is 53,400
400
What is Financial Abuse?
What is-->occurs when an individual uses finances to control another individual. This could include forcing a person to hand over all or part of their salary or by denying someone access to their own finances.
400
Females are more likely to ________ the abuse.
What is tolerate.
400
What is in our society that can help youths benefit?
Youth will benefit from interventions by the law and domestic violence programs
400
What is the percent of Canadian women and men aged 15 years and over who were in a current or previous, marital or common-law relationship, experienced some form of spousal violence in the five years prior to the 2004
7 percent.
500
What is Psychological Abuse?
What is--> (sometimes referred to as emotional or verbal abuse) includes put-downs, name calling, jealousy, isolation from family and friends, and threats to leave the relationship or to commit suicide if the victim does not co-operate.
500
True or False Children may imitate and learn the attitudes and behaviours modeled by witnessing their parents being involved in verbal or physical abuse?
True
500
True or False Youth will want to grow up and lay their hands on people because of what they experienced.
False
500
Parents were the perpetrators in the majority of child and youth homicides committed by family members. Fathers____were more likely than mothers____to be the perpetrators.
What is Fathers-54% Mothers-34%