Chapter 4: Women and Victimization: Intimate Partner Abuse and Stalking

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The grassroots battered women’s movement of the ______ led to systemic changes in how the police and courts handled cases of domestic violence.

A. 1950

B. 1960s

C. 1970s

D. 1980s

2. The Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment illustrated that when an arrest was made in a misdemeanor domestic violence incident, recidivism rates were ______ compared to if police simply "counseled" the aggressor.

A. lower

B. higher

C. the same

D. significantly higher

3. Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as part of the Federal Crime Victims Act in ______.

A. 1964

B. 1974

C. 1984

D. 1994

4. The ______ provided funding for battered women's shelters and outreach education, as well as funding for domestic violence training for police and court personnel.

A. Minneapolis Domestic Violence experiment

B. grassroots battered women's movement

C. Violence Against Women Act

D. National Crime Victimization data

5. The most common term used in recent history is _____.

A. battered women

B. domestic violence

C. intimate partner abuse

D. emotional abuse

6. ______ combines the crime of wife battering with other contexts of abuse found within a home environment, such as the abuse of children or grandparents.

A. Wife battering

B. Domestic violence

C. Intimate partner abuse

D. Rape and sexual assault

7. ______ includes any form of abuse between individuals who currently have or have previously had an intimate relationship.

A. Wife battering

B. Battered

C. Domestic violence

D. Intimate partner abuse

8. Someone who batters their partner emotionally may do all of the following EXCEPT for ______.

A. control all of the finances

B. prevent them from working

C. limit access to family and friends

D. provide small amounts of autonomy within the home

9. To explain how violence and abuse occur in an intimate relationship, Lenore Walker conceptualized the ______.

A. relationship between lifestyle and violence

B. battered womems movement

C. cycle of violence

D. feminist pathways

10. The ______ phase of the cycle of violence is where a batterer increases control over a victim, and the victim tries to keep her partner calm.

A. tension building

B. abusive incident

C. honeymoon period

D. control phase

11. In 1981, ______ attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in an effort to impress Jodi Foster.

A. John Hinkley

B. Robert Hoskins

C. Robert Bardo

D. John Harris

12. After stalking her, ______ made contact with Patti Schaeffer at her residence and shot her in the chest.

A. John Hinkley

B. Robert Hoskins

C. Robert Bardo

D. John Harris

13. Victims engage in all of the following behaviors to cope with their stalking victimization EXCEPT for ______.

A. relocation

B. therapy

C. lifestyle changes

D. retaliation

14. According to the authors, the most damanging in terosm of long-term abuse and healing is ______.

A. physical abuse

B. emotional abuse

C. social abuse

D. economic abuse

15. Acts that damage the victim’s ability to be self-sufficient are referred to as ______.

A. physical abuse

B. emotional abuse

C. social abuse

D. economic abuse

16. Which of the following is considered to be a new phenomenom?

A. Dating Violence

B. Domestic Violence

C. Intimate Partner Abuse

D. Cyberstalking

17. The "rule of thumb" referred to which of the following?

A. Wives were under their husband's thumb.

B. Husbands could not beat their wives with instruments longer than their thumbs.

C. The only ruler in a man's home was his thumb.

D. Wives could only be beaten with her husband's hands.

18. Most crimes of intimate partner abuse are considered as which of the following in most jurisdictions?

A. Felony

B. Misdemeanor

C. A third strike

D. An infraction

19. Which of the following is a unique factor related to same-sex intimate partner abuse?

A. Emotional

B. External and internal homophobia

C. Coercion

D. Economic abuse

20. Restricting access to the family’s bank account and prohibiting a person from obtaining employment is an example of ______.

A. Emotional abuse

B. Social abuse

C. Physical abuse

D. Economic abuse

21. All of the following are reasons why immigrant victims choose not to report their victimization EXCEPT for ______.

A. shame

B. language barriers

C. fear of deportation

D. desire to break up the family unit

22. For women of color, issues of ______ become secondary in the discussion of what it means to be a battered woman.

A. Structural inequality

B. Political climate

C. Gender inequality

D. Cultural differences

23. Research indicates that ______ women were significantly more likely to use emergency hospital services, police assistance, and housing assistance.

A. White

B. African American

C. Asian American

D. Latina/Hispanic

24. Specialized domestic violence courts have been found to ______ victim satisfaction.

A. decrease

B. increase

C. neither decrease or increase

D. This has never been examined.

25. Stalking victims experience all of the following feelings EXCEPT for _____.

A. powerlessness

B. depression

C. sleep disturbances

D. security

26. Most laws on stalking require that victims must indicate which of the following?

A. Fear of the stalker

B. Self-awareness

C. What they want to see happen to the offender

D. Hatred of the stalker

27. Which of the following is true?

A. The more severe the abuse in an intimate partnership, the less likely it is that the abuser will stalk the victim.

B. Women who leave are less likely to be stalked by their abuser.

C. If abusers use drugs and alcohol, they are more likely to stalk their victims.

D. Women who meet men online are more likely to be stalked than those who do not.

28. Mandatory arrest policies are based on which of the following?

A. Rehabilitation

B. Retribution

C. Deterrence

D. Restoration

29. Which of the following are barriers to disclosure?

A. embarrassment

B. private matter

C. fear

D. all of these

30. ______ percent of women in the study disclosed their abuse to a at least one source.

A. Twenty

B. Forty-three

C. Seventy-five

D. Ninty-two

31. Which of the following were identified as problems of programming?

A. money

B. attention

C. both A and B

D. none of these

32. Studies have shown that ______ in ______ college women is the victim of some sort of sexual assault.

A. 1 in 2

B. 1 in 4

C. 1 in 7

D. 1 in 15

33. What are some of the contemporary efforts that have been to raise awareness about violence?

A. media awareness campaigns

B. dating violence prevention

C. intervention programming

D. all of these

34. ______ refers to the legal duty of a police officer to make an arrest when responding to a domestic violence incident.

A. Mandatory arrest

B. Intermittent arrest

C. Responsive arrest

D. Incident arrest

35. Few laws characterize the acts of ______ abuse as a criminal offense.

A. emotional

B. physical

C. sexual

D. violent

36. It is estimated that ______% of NFL players have a history of domestic violence.

A. 10

B. 20

C. 30

D. 40

37. Disciplinary polices for domestic violence enacted by the NFL commissioner include all of the following EXCEPT for ______.

A. counseling

B. suspension without pay

C. banishment from the NFL

D. imprisonment

38. According to the case study on intimate partner abuse in India, it is indicated that ______% intimate partner abuse begins with a month of marriage.

A. 22

B. 35

C. 44

D. 56

39. Which of the following sources of assistance was identified as being useless in cases of intimate partner abuse in India?

A. Counseling

B. Family

C. Law enforcement

D. Legal aid

40. Which of the following sources of assistance was identified as being the most helpful in cases of intimate partner abuse in India?

A. Employers

B. Family

C. Law enforcement

D. Legal aid

True/False

1. Batterer intervention programming has become one of the most popular options when sentencing offenders in cases of intimate partner abuse.

2. Teens are at high risk for dating violence.

3. Children who reside in a home where violence is present tend to suffer from a variety of negative mental health outcomes, such as feelings of low self-worth, depression, and anxiety.

4. Women are more likely to disclose their abuse to formal sources.

5. In 1871, Alabama and Massachusetts became the first states to take away the legal right of men to beat their wives.

6. In the majority of victimization cases, men are the abusers and women are the victims.

7. Data on intimate partner violence show that teenagers are at a greater risk of abuse by a significant other when compared to adults.

8. Economics do not impact the stalking experience for victims.

9. Anyone can be the victim of intimate partner abuse.

10. All children raised in abusive homes will abuse their intimate partners later in life.

11. Seeking counsel from religious authorities often leads victims to report their victimization to the police.

12. The greatest tool of perpetrators of intimate partner abuse is their ability to have power and control over their victim.

13. Asking the question, "why does she stay?," is a way to blame the victim.

14. Violence does not always end when women report their crimes or leave their abuser.

15. For some women, their children are the reason why they leave an abusive situation and seek help.

Essay

1. Describe how laws and CJ response to intimate partner abuse changed over time.

2. Discuss the reasons why victims of intimate partner abuse and stalking do not officially report their victimization.

3. Discuss the barriers women face when attempting to leave their abuser.

4. Discuss mandatory arrest policies.

5. Identify and discuss the three distinct time frames of the cycle of violence.