CRJU 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Elder Abuse, Violence Against Women Act, Child Abuse
30 Dec 2017
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Conceptual view: family violence and intimate partner violence (ipv) are interrelated concepts, violence in close personal relationships, family violence is an umbrella term, child abuse. Ipv: may be physical, sexual, and/or emotional, married, unmarried but co-habiting, co-parenting, or dating. Intentional use of force: complete another to commit a sexual act against his/her will, attempted to complete sex act involving a person who is unable to understand the nature or decline participation, abusive sexual contact, emotional. Being abused or neglected as a child increase the likelihood of. If violence is begotten not only by violence, but also by neglect, victims of neglect are likely to develop later violent criminal behavior. Interventions: criminal sanctions, arrest and punishment, but-loss of job, batterer treatment, anger management, has not proven to be effective, civil legal sanctions (not proven effective, order of protection, restraining order, exposure reduction (most effective, shelters, hotlines. Most ipv incidents are not reported to the police.
