Finals (Chapter 11) Flashcards
(22 cards)
_____ _______ ______ ________ (_____) is defined as clinically significant distress or impairment
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
What are the two most prominent legal syndromes?
1) Battered Women Syndrome (BWS)
2) Rape Trauma Syndrome (RTS)
What are Walker’s 3 stages cycles of abuse?
1) Tension Building
2) Acute Battering
3) Contrition
Which stage of Walker’s cycle of abuse is this:
Increased tension, anger, blaming, and arguing
Tension Building
Which stage of Walker’s cycle of abuse is this:
Battering-hitting, slapping, kicking, chocking, use of objects or weapons. Sexual abuse. Verbal threats and abuse.
Acute Battering
Which stage of Walker's cycle of abuse is this: Calm stage (may decrease over time). Partner may deny violence, say he or she was drunk, say he or she is sorry and promise it will never happen again.
Contrition
What are characteristics of battered women?
1) Anxiety
2) Sexual intimacy issues
What are characteristics of batterers?
1) Jealous
2) Impulsive
3) Substance abuser
What are the basic types of abusers?
1) Borderline personality disorder
2) Generally violent antisocial batterer (GVA)
3) Relationship/family-only (FO) batterer
What are the conditions for battered women to be able to kill their partners in self defense?
1) Imminent bodily harm
2) Reasonable and proportional force used
3) No reasonable avenue of escape existed
Jurors are _________ inclined toward women who kill their partners
negatively
“Battered woman syndrome” implies a _______ _______ or set of _______
single effect
effects
What is the stereotypical image of battered women?
1) Helpless
2) Passive
3) Psychologically impaired
“Syndrome”, when it comes to battered women syndrome, may be misleading because it carries connotations of __________ or _________
pathology
disease
What is the 2 stage recovery process for rape trauma?
1) Acute Crisis Phase
2) Reorganization Phase
What are 2 reasons why research on rape trauma syndrome is inconclusive?
1) Unclear which symptoms are specific to sexual assault victims.
2) Validity of RTS questionable
_____ ______ ____ in the 1970s focused on consent issues
Rape shield laws
Rape shield laws in the 1970s focused on _______ _______
consent issues
Judges make decisions on admissibility based on?
1) Scientific validity
2) Prejudicial impact
3) Beyond the ken
What are the four distinct diagnostic behaviors of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
1) Re-experiencing
2) Avoidance of stimuli
3) Negative moods
4) Hyper vigilance
What are the advantages of using PTSD rather than BWS and RTS?
Established diagnostic category with tests and structured interviews to assess PTSD
What are some critiques to PTSD?
1) Specific battering symptoms not captured
2) Door open to exploration of past traumas
