Chapter 9 IPV Focus On Perpetrators Test Bank Answers Perrin

Test Bank

Chapter 9: Intimate Partner Violence in Adult Relationships: Focusing on Perpetrators

Multiple Choice

1. As a group, batterers ______.

a. are diverse

b. are homogenous

c. fall into two distinct categories

d. fall into three distinct categories

Learning Objective: 9-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adult relationships, from the perspective of perpetration, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Jane and Sherry have been dating for a few years. Sherry consistently calls Jane names, and insinuates that she is not a real lesbian due to her previous relationships with men. Sherry threatens to beat Jane to toughen her up. What is this situation an example of?

a. IPV

b. sexual assault

c. financial abuse

d. neglect

Learning Objective: 9-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adult relationships, from the perspective of perpetration, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Defining IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which of the following is NOT a belief that most batterers hold?

a. IPV is normative.

b. Their behavior is not abusive.

c. Their behavior does not cause significant harm.

d. IPV is their right as a married man.

Learning Objective: 9-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adult relationships, from the perspective of perpetration, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Batterers and sexually violent men believe that the frequency of IPV is ______ in comparison to what it actually is.

a. equal

b. double

c. triple

d. lower

Learning Objective: 9-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adult relationships, from the perspective of perpetration, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Batterers and sexually violent men believe that the frequency of forced sex is ______ in comparison to what it actually is.

a. equal

b. double

c. triple

d. lower

Learning Objective: 9-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adult relationships, from the perspective of perpetration, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Estimates of IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Which risk factors of IPV are the most studied?

a. individual

b. social

c. community

d. institutional

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Risk Factors Associated With IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Who does NOT use a dangerousness assessment instrument?

a. perpetrators

b. victims

c. police

d. children of perpetrators

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Assessing Dangerousness

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which of the following is NOT a typical question found on a dangerousness assessment instrument?

a. history of abusive behavior

b. time spent in jail for abuse

c. access to lethal weapons

d. history of mental health treatment

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Assessing Dangerousness

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Which dangerousness assessment instrument is used to help IPV victims in creating a safety plan?

a. Spousal Assault Risk Assessment

b. IPV Risk Scale

c. Danger Assessment Scale

d. Partner Violence Risk Assessment

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Assessing Dangerousness

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Which dangerousness assessment instrument is used by clinicians to make a determination of psychological health?

a. Spousal Assault Risk Assessment

b. IPV Risk Scale

c. Danger Assessment Scale

d. Partner Violence Risk Assessment

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Assessing Dangerousness

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. The SARA found that Jack was at high risk for recidivism, but he never did re-perpetrate IPV. What is this an example of?

a. false positive

b. false negative

c. negative positive

d. positive negative

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Assessing Dangerousness

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Lisa decided to stay with Frank after his release, despite his history of IPV, because his SARA indicated that he was low risk for recidivism. Later that year, Frank put Lisa in the hospital after she came home late from work. What is this an example of?

a. false positive

b. false negative

c. negative positive

d. positive negative

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Assessing Dangerousness

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. What does the gender symmetry debate argue?

a. if men are victimized as often as women are

b. if men need more support as victims

c. if women are as violent as men

d. if women need their own BIP programs

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Which measure of violence sparked the gender symmetry debate?

a. Uniform Crime Report

b. National Crime Victimization Survey

c. Conflict Tactics Scale

d. National Incidence Study

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. What do critics of the CTS state that it ignores?

a. non-consensual sex

b. psychological abuse

c. financial abuse

d. contextual factors and outcomes

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Who is more likely to threaten or follow through with destroying a partner’s property?

a. males

b. females

c. males and females equally

d. cannot determine

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Who is more likely to threaten or following through with killing their partner or relatives?

a. males

b. females

c. males and females equally

d. cannot determine

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. When are women more likely to use violence in an intimate relationship?

a. when they fear they are losing control in the relationship

b. when they are angry

c. as retaliation

d. to teach a lesson

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Who is more likely to threaten to kill their partner?

a. heterosexual partner

b. homosexual partner

c. both equally likely

d. cannot determine

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. What is one factor that contributes to IPV that may be unique to same-sex couples?

a. control over coming out

b. adoption potential

c. control over hormones

d. internalized homophobia

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Sam continuously calls his husband Jared a sissy, pussy, and fag, telling him that he is less of a man because of his effeminate nature. What is this an example of?

a. sexism

b. heterosexism

c. internalized homophobia

d. homophobia

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Which of the following age groups has the highest risk of IPV perpetration according to most studies?

a. 12–17

b. 18–29

c. 30–49

d. 50–69

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Which ethnic group is found to have the lowest rates of IPV?

a. whites

b. African Americans

c. Hispanics

d. Asian Americans

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. What is one complaint with the findings of IPV rates amongst different racial groups?

a. It does not take into account structural factors.

b. They obtain these numbers only from police reports.

c. They collapse several distinct racial groups into one category.

d. They do not allow multi-racial options.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which factor may influence the high rates of IPV amongst racial minorities?

a. childhood history of abuse

b. low socioeconomic status

c. neighborhood violence

d. racism

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. What kind of abuse are those with higher levels of education more likely to use?

a. financial

b. physical

c. sexual

d. psychological

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. What factor increases the likelihood for immigrant men to perpetrate IPV?

a. their home religions

b. rigid patriarchal gender norms from their home country

c. immigration-related stressors

d. family privacy values

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Immigrants from ______ are more likely to commit IPV than immigrants from other regions.

a. Asia

b. Latin America

c. Europe

d. Africa

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. Which of the following is true about immigrant populations and perpetration of IPV?

a. Only immigrants from Latin American are at a higher risk of perpetrating IPV.

b. An immigrant’s home country’s culture is to blame for high IPV perpetration.

c. The longer immigrants are in the United States the higher their risk for IPV perpetration.

d. Only immigrants from the Middle East are at a higher risk of perpetrating IPV.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Which of the following is NOT a common characteristic of batterers?

a. depression

b. low self-esteem

c. personality disorders

d. high levels of trait anger

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Psychological Functioning

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. What is the most commonly cited contributing factor to IPV perpetration?

a. control issues

b. economic stressors

c. substance abuse

d. childhood history of abuse

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Substance Use

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. Which group is more likely to perpetrate IPV?

a. men who abstain from alcohol

b. men who socially drink

c. men who are moderate drinkers

d. men who binge drink

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Substance Use

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. Which of the following forms of violence are those who drink heavily more likely to use in comparison to batterers who do not drink?

a. emotional

b. psychological

c. severe physical

d. financial

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Substance Use

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. In what percentage of cases was alcohol a factor in IPV incidents?

a. 24%

b. 35%

c. 45%

d. 68%

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Substance Use

Difficulty Level: Medium

35. Which theory about the effects of substance abuse on IPV posits that alcohol creates a narrowing effect on an intoxicated individual’s attention and ability to process meaning from informational cues they perceive in their environment?

a. alcohol myopia theory (AMT)

b. multiple threshold model

c. risk factor model

d. I-Cubed theory

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Substance Use

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. What factor has been found to moderate the relationship between substance use and IPV?

a. previous childhood abuse

b. exposure to IPV as a child

c. adherence to traditional patriarchal gender norms

d. strong religious ideology

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Substance Use|Attitudes and Beliefs Supportive of IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

37. What theory argues that children who witness IPV in their families growing up are more likely to be involved in IPV when they are adults?

a. deterrence theory

b. multiple threshold theory

c. modeling theory

d. intergenerational transmission theory

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family of Origin Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

38. What sociological theory is intergenerational transmission based on?

a. social learning theory

b. gender roles

c. field theory

d. biological essentialism

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family of Origin Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Which of the following attitudes are associated with higher rates of IPV perpetration?

a. Women are weak.

b. Women are possessions.

c. Men are strong.

d. sense of entitlement.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Attitudes and Beliefs Supportive of IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. Nick convinced Jessica to quit her job. He often refers to her as “my woman,” and was concerned about the way men at her job might take advantage of her. What IPV contributing attitude is this an example of?

a. Women are weak.

b. Women are untrustworthy.

c. Men are entitled to women.

d. Women are possessions.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Attitudes and Beliefs Supportive of IPV

Difficulty Level: Medium

41. For which group does arrest help in deterring IPV perpetration?

a. low stake in conformity

b. high stake in conformity

c. low stake in reputation

d. high stake in reputation

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Police and Legal System Response

Difficulty Level: Medium

42. How many states have adopted primary aggressor laws?

a. 10

b. 15

c. 34

d. 47

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Police and Legal System Response

Difficulty Level: Medium

43. Formal processing of IPV cases in criminal court ______ IPV cases.

a. lowers

b. increases

c. has no effect on

d. cannot determine effect on

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Problem of Dual Arrests

Difficulty Level: Medium

44. Which is the most popular model for batterer intervention programs?

a. psychotherapy

b. motivational interviewing

c. empowerment therapy

d. non-aggression training

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Batterer Intervention Programs

Difficulty Level: Medium

45. Batterer intervention programs ______ instances of IPV.

a. decrease

b. increase

c. have no effect on

d. cannot determine effect on

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Batterer Intervention Programs

Difficulty Level: Medium

46. What element helps make BIPs more effective?

a. being culturally specific

b. addressing substance abuse problems

c. coordinating with the criminal justice system

d. adopting feminist methods

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Batterer Intervention Programs

Difficulty Level: Medium

47. Which of the following is NOT a prevention program addressing IPV perpetration?

a. Green Dot

b. Responsible Fatherhood Program

c. Batterer Intervention Program

d. Con Los Padres

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Prevention Approaches Focused on IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Medium

48. Non-school based programs that focus on preventing IPV are shown to ______ instances of IPV.

a. decrease

b. increase

c. have no effect on

d. cannot determine effect on

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Prevention Approaches Focused on IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Medium

49. Which of the following is a widespread IPV prevention program aimed at the general population?

a. Con Los Padres

b. Green Dot

c. Responsible Fatherhood Program

d. White Ribbon Campaign

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Prevention Approaches Focused on IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Medium

50. The White Ribbon Campaign has been shown to ______ instances of IPV.

a. decrease

b. increase

c. have no effect on

d. cannot determine effect on

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Prevention Approaches Focused on IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Medium

51. Risk assessment tools that evaluate dangerousness of who will perpetrate IPV should be used in conjunction with:

a. children of perpetrators assessment of risk

b. family of perpetrators assessment of risk

c. victim’s personal assessment of risk

d. legal authority assessment of risk

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Assessing Dangerousness

Difficulty Level: Medium

52. Instruments are designed to compare an individual to a norm referenced group.

Who is typically included in norm referenced groups?

a. white, heterosexual people

b. multiracial, heterosexual people

c. racially and linguistically diverse people

d. people of the same demographics as the person completing the instrument

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Assessing Dangerousness

Difficulty Level: Medium

53. ______ is abuse that includes ridiculing a trans person’s body, destroying items used by the victim to communicate their gender and isolating and shaming them.

a. Transphobia

b. Transphobic abuse

c. Genderist attacks

d. Heterosexism

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Perpetrators of IPV often describe themselves as victims.

Learning Objective: 9-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adult relationships, from the perspective of perpetration, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case History: Maria and Victor: “I Am Not a Batterer!”

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. In order for a person to be identified as a batterer they must exhibit signs of having physically harmed their partner.

Learning Objective: 9-1: Describe the definition and scope of intimate partner violence (IPV) in adult relationships, from the perspective of perpetration, including problems inherent in measuring this form of abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. IPV can be correctly determined based off of a single risk factor.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Risk Factors Associated With IPV Perpetration

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Studies have found a positive relationship between internalized homophobia and IPV in same-sex relationships.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The length of time in the United States has a negative relationship to the risk of IPV perpetration for immigrants.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Research shows that batterers have significantly higher rates of psychopathology than non-batterers.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Psychological Functioning

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Children are not passive recipients of socialization.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family of Origin Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Mandatory arrest policies have increased the number of women arrested for IPV.

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Police and Legal System Response

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Restorative justice programs often ignore structural inequalities.

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Restorative Justice as an Alternative to the Criminal Justice System

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Research has shown that culturally specific BIPs are more effective than color-blind BIPs.

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Batterer Intervention Programs

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. An association between psychological problems and IPV perpetration is due to problematic substance use.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Psychological Functioning|Substance Use

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. What is internalized homophobia and how does it contribute to IPV in same-sex relationships?

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sex and Sexual Orientation

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Why must researchers be careful with results regarding high levels of IPV amongst African American and Hispanic peoples?

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Why is it problematic for society to claim that mental health issues cause IPV?

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Psychological Functioning

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Describe a community level risk factor for IPV.

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the various risk factors associated with perpetration of IPV in adult relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Attitudes and Beliefs Supportive of IPV

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. What is restorative justice, and why is it used?

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Restorative Justice as an Alternative to the Criminal Justice System

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. What are the criticisms of restorative justice and what is an alternative model that has been proposed?

Learning Objective: 9-3: Discuss the various intervention and prevention efforts that focus on perpetration of IPV in adult relationships, including evidence of their effectiveness.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Restorative Justice as an Alternative to the Criminal Justice System

Difficulty Level: Hard