Chapter 9: Intimate Partner Violence

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which type of intimate partner violence has power and control as its roots and often leads to serious physical injury?

A. intimate terrorism

B. situational couple violence/common couple violence

C. violent resistance

D. mutual violent control

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Which type of intimate partner violence is characterized by a conflict getting out of control?

A. intimate terrorism

B. situational couple violence/common couple violence

C. Violent resistance

D. Mutual violent control

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. There have been laws prohibiting violence against wives since which century?

A. 1900s

B. 1800s

C. 1700s

D. 1600s

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Men who seriously physically injured their wives in the 1600s were dealt with by what parties?

A. vigilante groups

B. chieftains in a clan

C. community security personnel

D. suffragette groups

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. According to ______, men and women engage in the same amount of intimate partner violence.

A. Victimization Scale

B. Crime Between Partners Scale

C. Conflict Tactics Scale

D. Violence Perpetration Scale

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Conflict Tactics Scale

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Findings from the NCVS indicate that Black females are at a greater risk of experiencing IPV than are ______ females.

A. Hispanic

B. White

C. Asian

D. mixed-race

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Who Is Victimized?

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. In same-sex intimate partner violence, victims may be harmed through ______ unique type of emotional abuse.

A. being “outed” by the perpetrator

B. slang terms used by the perpetrator

C. denying that perpetrator and victim are in a relationship

D. none of these

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Special Case: Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. What group has a higher rate of same-sex intimate partner violence?

A. homosexual women

B. bisexual men

C. transgender men

D. homosexual men

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Special Case: Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Which type of victimization occurs when one engages in a course of unwanted actions and harassment that would cause a reasonable person to be fearful?

A. stalking

B. sexual victimization

C. intimate partner violence

D. sexual harassment

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Special Case: Stalking

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Which of the following categories is not one that accounts for higher rates of stalking victimizations?

A. young adults

B. people with lower income

C. males

D. divorced or separated people

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Special Case: Stalking

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. About ______ of individuals reported being stalked via technology.

A. 10%

B. 15%

C. 20%

D. 25%

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Special Case: Stalking

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. What percentage of homicides in 2007 was the result of intimate partner violence?

A. 5%

B. 14%

C. 27%

D. 42%

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Death

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Which of the following is not a common reason women report for not leaving abusive relationships?

A. advised by friends and family not to leave

B. children

C. financially dependent

D. love and commitment

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Why Abusive Relationships Continue

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Between 1975 and 1980, ______ states enacted laws regarding intimate partner violence.

A. 14

B. 24

C. 34

D. 44

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Criminal Justice System Responses to Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Which of the following is not a reason police reported for their reluctance to get involved in domestic disputes?

A. following procedures of the department

B. Case will not result in a conviction.

C. Cases are dangerous to police.

D. Victims may not be cooperative.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Police Response

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. ______ found that arrest was an effective deterrent to subsequent violent acts by perpetrators of intimate partner violence.

A. Milwaukee Domestic Violence Experiment

B. Dade County Domestic Violence Experiment

C. Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment

D. Cincinnati Domestic Violence Experiment

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Police Response

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. Today, how many states have mandatory arrest policies?

A. 12

B. 20

C. 43

D. 32

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Police Response

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. When it appears that both parties have caused physical injuries, many jurisdictions require officers to arrest both parties. These policies are called ______.

A. mandatory arrest policies

B. domestic violence policies

C. dual arrest policies

D. ambiguity policies

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Police Response

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Which of the following factors does not appear to influence whether charges will be pressed in intimate partner violence cases?

A. seriousness of the offense

B. usage of alcohol or drugs

C. visible physical injuries

D. victim willingness to participate in the process

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Court Responses

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. The first women’s shelter opened in ______ in 1974.

A. Wisconsin

B. Florida

C. Illinois

D. Minnesota

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Domestic Violence Shelters

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. The first male-only shelter opened in ______ in 1993.

A. Wisconsin

B. Florida

C. Illinois

D. Minnesota

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Domestic Violence Shelters

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Sexual violence includes ______.

A. unwanted sexual contact

B. sexual coercion

C. rape

D. all of these

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Yelling at and verbally degrading a partner is called ______.

A. emotional abuse

B. sexual violence

C. intimate terrorism

D. situational couple violence

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. People may be reluctant to call the police when the perpetrator is ______.

A. a female

B. a male

C. a stranger

D. someone close to them

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Measurement and Extent

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. The National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS) was a telephone survey of 8,000 women and 8,000 men aged ______.

A. 12–17 years

B. 18 and younger

C. 18 and older

D. 18–20 years old

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: National Violence Against Women Survey

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Dating partners are considered intimate partners.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Minor violence in an intimate relationship appeared to be condoned by the courts prior to the 1970s.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Intimate partner violence increased from 1993 to 2008.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: National Crime Victimization Survey

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Males and females are equally likely to experience serious physical injury.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: National Crime Victimization Survey

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Stalking has been a crime in all 50 states since the 1970s.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Special Case: Stalking

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Battered women have higher rates of suicide than other women.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Psychological/Emotional Outcomes

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. In four of the five replications of the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment, arrest was not found to be a deterrent.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Police Response

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Researchers have found a significant singular cause for intimate partner violence.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Risk Factors and Theories for Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, states must respect restraining orders from other states.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Protective Orders

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. In a meta-analysis examining gender differences in IPV, women were found to be slightly more likely than men to engage in IPV and to do so more frequently.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender and Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. When women are violently victimized, it is more likely to be by a stranger.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender and Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Males are more likely to experience violence at the hands of intimate partners.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender and Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Males are more likely to cause serious injury in IPV incidents.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender and Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Males are more likely to engage in intimate terrorism--the kind of violence that is rooted in power and control and that often results in serious physical injury.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender and Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. What are the three types of harm that can be inflicted within intimate partner violence?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. What is one issue for homosexual males seeking assistance from domestic violence shelters?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Special Case: Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Describe the cycle of violence?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Revictimization

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What are the different forms of intimate partner violence?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Defining Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Explain how stress contributes to intimate partner violence.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Stress

Difficulty Level: Medium