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Intimate Partner Abuse MCQ

According to the authors Batterer’s Intervention Programs ___________ work.

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Correct Answer: Sometimes

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________________ involves a practice of informal conflict mediation.

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Correct Answer: A Restorative justice

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_________________ allow(s) prosecutors to build a case without relying on victim’s testimony.

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Correct Answer: No-drop prosecution policies

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________________ require responding officers to distinguish the party who initiated the aggression from the party who likely acted as a defensive response to that aggression, and offensive injuries from defensive injuries.

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Correct Answer: Primary aggressor laws

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Arrest has been shown to be an effective deterrent in which of the following subgroups?

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Correct Answer: Those who have a high stake in conformity

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According to the authors, exposure to and participation in combat along with war-related trauma __________________.

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Correct Answer: Are a significant risk for IPV perpetration

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_________________ is the belief that one has special rights and privileges without accompanying reciprocal responsibilities.

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Correct Answer: Entitlement

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________________ suggests that children, especially boys, who witness fathers abusing their mothers are likely to abuse their own partners when they grow up.

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Correct Answer: Intergenerational transmission

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Substance abuse, including alcohol abuse, ____________ IPV.

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Correct Answer: Does not cause

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Men who have substance abuse (including alcohol use) are at ______________ risk for perpetrating IPV.

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Correct Answer: Significantly greater

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Research consistently shows that batters _______________ rates of psychopathology.

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Correct Answer: Do not have higher

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___________ typically have significantly lower rates of IPV perpetration than all other minorities.

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Correct Answer: Asian Americans

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__________________ is the acceptance and internalization to one’s identity of negative society attitudes and beliefs about lesbians and gay men.

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Correct Answer: Internalized homophobia

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The debate between whether or not women are as violent as men has been referred to as which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Gender symmetry debate

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The two most widely used dangerousness assessments are _______ and __________.

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Correct Answer: Danger Assessment Scale; Spousal Assault Risk Assessment

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While there are many risk factors associated with IPV ____________________.

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Correct Answer: There is no single factor that produces abusive behavior

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______ and ______ are actually the most dangerous times for IPV victims.

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Correct Answer: Leaving; postseparation

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______ refers to the arrest of both partners for IPV, even though the victim may have been acting in self-defense or the abuser may have injured himself.

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Correct Answer: Dual arrest

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IPV screening and brief counseling for patients who screen positive are among the free preventive services mandated by the ______.

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Correct Answer: Affordable Care Act

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Which of the following is NOT one of the factors influencing the decisions IPV victims make for themselves and their children?

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Correct Answer: Whether or not the perpetrator apologizes

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______ is designed to help victims gain or restore their sense of personal power and control, which are severely diminished by repeated abuse.

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Correct Answer: Empowerment counseling

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Currently there are more than ______ battered women’s shelters in the United States.

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Correct Answer: 2,000

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The authors expand on a list put together by Buel (1999) outlining obstacles to leaving an abusive relationship; which of the following is NOT discussed by the authors?

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Correct Answer: The victim enjoys the abuse on some level.

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Most IPV victims initially turn to ______ for emotional support and material assistance.

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Correct Answer: Informal help providers

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One study estimated the cost of intimate partner violence in the United States to be over $______.

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Correct Answer: 8.3 billion

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It was not until ______ that a husband, John Rideout, was successfully prosecuted for raping his wife.

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Correct Answer: 1978

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What is the reason the authors cite that estimates of IPV in gay and lesbian couples are difficult if not impossible to obtain?

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Correct Answer: Many gay and lesbian couples were not open about their sexual orientation making it hard to get sample dat

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According to Campbell and her colleagues, ______ is the most consistent demographic risk factor for IPV.

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Correct Answer: Young age

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______ is an ongoing pattern of domination, in which the abusive partner uses intimidation, isolation, and similar tactics to erode the freedom of the victim.

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Correct Answer: Coercive control

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The national surveys discussed in this chapter estimate IPV rates for women at ______ each year.

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Correct Answer: 12–25%

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In 1994 Congress passed ______, that was intended to reduce IPV as well as other forms of violence against women.

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Correct Answer: The Violence Against Women Act

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