Lesson 8

Question 1

What is the definition of domestic violence?

Answer 1

Any assault, including sexual assault, or other criminal acts that lead to personal injury or death of one or more family members or roommates by other person living in the same house or who has lived in the same house.

Question 2

What are the three keywords in domestic violence?

Answer 2

Violence, family circle, victim

Question 3

What are the types of violence?

Answer 3

Physical
sexual
physical neglect
psychological/emotional
psychological/emotional neglect
financial exploitation (uitbuiting)

Question 4

How many percent of the murdered women lived with partner violence?

Answer 4

70 %

Question 5

How many percent of partner violence are men and how many women?

Answer 5

10-69 % women.

7,3- 32 % men.

Question 6

True or false? the percentage of physical violence among adolescense is 10-20%

Answer 6

True

Question 7

In physical violence among adolescents are more male victims than female. True of false?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or false? Among adolescents, are more female victims in sexual violence than male.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What are the basic problems in PV wihtin family?

Answer 9

1. Misinterpretation of social cues. 2. Assertiveness. 3. Limited problem solving capacities.

Question 10

What are the three typologies of PV?

Answer 10

1. Family only. 2. Disphoric/borderline. 3. Antisocial.

Question 11

Which typology of abusers has a criminal history and has psychopatic traits?

Answer 11

The antisocial typology

Question 12

What makes detecting who began the PV so hard?

Answer 12

Because many victims are going to be abusers as well. If the man hits the woman, at a certain point she can become agressive too, so they’re beating up each other.

Question 13

Why is PV increasing in among elderly?

Answer 13

Because dementia people get agressive. They can not express themselves anymore –> they want to control by beating the other.

Question 14

What is the bias of hostile attribution (vijandige attributiebias)?

Answer 14

People have the tendency to see things in a negative way. VB: when the food is cold: this is on purpose. they are paranoid

Question 15

What happens often when a man is being bullied at work?

Answer 15

He starts beating up his wife at home, because there he is the boss.

Question 16

What are the levels of risk factors of abusers + explain

Answer 16

Micro: Direct environment. Risk factors: Emotional/verbal violence, forced sexual activities, relational satisfaction.
Macro: culture, beliefs (overtuigingen)
Exo: Social structures. Risk factors: stress, life, career
ontogenic: development. Risk factors: Positive attitude towards violence and drugs/alcohol

Question 17

What are the three types of partner violence?

Answer 17

Intimate terrorism, violent resistance, situational PV