Vocabulary Understand Violence
_________ is a violent crime that restults in the death of another person.
What is homicide?
_________ is the failure to meet a person's basic physical and emotional needs.
What is neglect?
Sometimes, children who are abused may be taken from their homes and placed in __________.
What is foster care?
Violence can be physical, such as name-calling and teasing.
What is false? "Verbal"
A crime involving taking property by force is called _________.
What is robbery?
Uninvited and unwelcome sexual conduct directed at another person is called ________.
What is sexual harassment?
A ________ can put abuse victims in tough with organizations that can help.
What is Crisis Hotline?
Rape is sometimes the victim's fault.
An attack on another person in order to hurt him or her is called ________.
What is assault?
__________ is the most common type of abuse.
What is domestic abuse?
One reason victims stay silent is _______.
What is fear?
About 10 percent of female teens do not experience violence in dating relationships.
What is false? "Do"
A group of young people that come together to take part in illegal activity is a _______.
What is a gang?
Domestic violence is physical abuse that occurs within a(n) ______.
What is family?
Many ______ think that something they did caused the abuse.
What is victims?
Abuse is the social, emotional or mental mistreatment of one person by another.
What is false? "physical"
________ is any kind of sexual intercourse with a person against his or her will.
What is rape?
Making excuses for an abuser's behavior is called ________.
What is enabling?
________, the most common form of physical abuse, involves the beating, hitting or kicking or another person.
What is battery?
There is sometimes a situation or circumstance where abusing another person is acceptable.
What is false? "never"