The Domestic Violence Sourcebook
Questions from chapter 1
1) What percent of stalked women are assaulted?
a) 75%
b) 80%
c) 85%
d) 90%
2) The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates up to what percent of battered women never report their abuse?
a) 60%
b) 70%
c) 80%
d) 90%
3) Children whose mothers are abused are how many times more likely to attempt suicide?
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12
4) When Nicole Brown Simpson complained to police that they never arrested O.J., California did not have a mandatory must-arrest policy for domestic violence cases.
a) True
b) False
5) A wide variety of sources from various fields almost universally agree that first, domestic violence must be treated as a/an
a) illness
b) crime
c) societal issue
d) compulsion
Questions from chapter 2
6) The "Rule of thumb" refers to
a) a prohibition against a woman hitchhiking
b) the allowable thickness of a stick used to beat a wife
c) humiliation similar to that experienced by Thom Thumb
d) the depth of liquor in a glass a wife could have on a weekday
7) Which was the first state to pass a law making wife beating a legal in 1883?
a) Maryland
b) Virginia
c) Connecticut
d) Pennsylvania
8) What gave women some rights to their own property and made a husband's conviction for assault sufficient grounds for divorce?
a) United Suffragette Act
b) Civil-Rights Act
c) Married Women's Property Act
d) Tort Reform Act
9) the first contemporary American shelter which opened in 1964 was in
a) Kansas
b) California
c) Oregon
d) Washington
10) Which organization was formed in 1978 to organize grass-roots shelters and service programs for battered women?
a) NOW
b) NCADV
c) NABOO
d) NGSSP
Questions from chapter 3
11) Which is NOT 1 of the 11 risk factors for future abuse in the home?
a) income below the poverty level
b) the couple cohabits but is not married
c) the family is a blended family
d) the man is unemployed
12) The term "learned helplessness" was coined by
a) Leonore Walker
b) Carl Rogers
c) Martin Seligman
d) B. F. Skinner
13) What did Jacobsen and Gottman call batterers who had tempers that slowly simmered until they exploded into violence?
a) pit bulls
b) volcanoes
c) pressure cookers
d) dynamite
14) Susan Forward suggests that women who stay in violent relationships may be suffering from
a) PTSD
b) Battered Woman Syndrome
c) Dissociative Identity Syndrome
d) Stockholm Syndrome
15) Black women are 3 times more likely to be murdered in domestic violence than white women.
a) True
b) False
16) Battered men account for what percent of the battering in abusive relationships?
a) 0.5 to 1%
b) 1 to 2%
c) 2 to 5%
d) 5 to 8%
Questions from chapter 4
17) Experts agree alcohol and drugs often cause domestic violence.
a) True
b) False
18) The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that up to what percent of all obstetrical patients may be abused while pregnant?
a) 27%
b) 37%
c) 47%
d) 57%
19) What is often the best and most available strategy to make a woman unavailable to her pursuer?
a) witness protection programs
b) no contact orders
c) battered women's shelters
d) moving to another community
20) In batterers programs, which is NOT necessary for successful treatment of abusers?
a) the man must admit his responsibility
b) there must be demonstrated consequences
c) the man must make restitution
d) there must be accountability
21) What 5 step treatment program was developed by Steve Stosny?
a) DEALS
b) CALMS
c) PALMS
d) HEALS
Questions from chapter 5
22) What is a special factor that may make teenagers more susceptible to violent relationships than adults?
a) low socio-economic status
b) vulnerable self-esteem
c) fewer legal rights
d) dependency on adults
23) The program goals of the Minnesota Domestic Abuse project include all EXCEPT
a) resolve conflicts nonviolently
b) confront the perpetrator
c) cultivate healthy sex roles
d) relieve feelings of shame and isolation
24) Rosemary Bray grew up with this goal expressed by her mother: not to
a) make waves
b) draw attention to herself
c) risk conflict
d) get your father started
25) As an adult, how was Andy Martinez able to help his mother?
a) he set her up with his future step-father
b) he bought her a home in a gated community
c) he drafted a restraining order against his father
d) he caused his father to lose his ice-cream vendor's license
Questions from chapter 6
26) Laws against crimes such as assault, battery and murder refer to
a) civil law
b) family law
c) tort law
d) criminal law
27) Charles G. Reynard's manual on domestic violence for prosecutors is
a) No More Victims
b) The Violence Stops Here
c) The Hidden Crime
d) Hard Time
28) The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges recommends that protection orders should address all of the following EXCEPT
a) child custody and visitation
b) mutual protection orders
c) physical description of the abuser
d) expiration date
29) The Family Violence Prevention Services Act was passed in
a) 1979
b) 1984
c) 1989
d) 1994
30) What Welfare Reform amendment urges states to identify victims of family violence, refer them to counseling, and waive unfair penalties to them?
a) Victims Protection Act
b) Victim Advocacy Option
c) Family Violence Option
d) Family Protection Act
Questions from chapter 7
31) What nationwide grassroots project was organized with the theme of airing dirty laundry?
a) The Mr. Clean Project
b) The Clothesline Project
c) The Spring Cleaning Project
d) The Neighborhood Wash Program
32) A unique feature of the Domestic Abuse Project is
a) vocational training for women
b) a community vegetable garden
c) group therapy programs for adolescents
d) a recreation room and Internet Cafe
33) Which comprehensive program has a legal clinic?
a) House of Ruth
b) Templum
c) The Pro Bono Program
d) Harvest House
34) Rural courts involved in domestic violence issues face special challenges including all the following EXCEPT
a) victims are embarrassed to seek help as everyone knows each other
b) illiteracy
c) traditional views about families and gender roles persist
d) isolation
35) All 50 states have enacted legislation providing for protection orders.
a) True
b) False
Questions from chapter 8
36) If a woman decides to stay in an abusive relationship, she should not talk to her children about what is happening as it may further traumatize them.
a) True
b) False
37) Attorney Anna Juarez advises her clients to practice
a) tolerance
b) fire drills
c) role plays
d) martial arts
38) Security expert Gavin de Becker believes that the most valuable safety device we possess is
a) our support system
b) a cellphone
c) our own intuition
d) financial independence
39) According to EMERGE, total elimination of violence is most likely for men who complete a counseling program of the least of what length?
a) 4 months
b) 8 months
c) 12 months
d) 2 years
40) Lawyers can help the effort to end domestic violence by writing what type of briefs?
a) res judicata
b) amicus curiae
c) prima facie
d) writ of coram nobis
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