Family Violence Exam 2 Questions

the court awarding Tracy $2,000,000

As describe in a shaded side-box, the case of Thurman v. City of Torrington involved Tracey Thurman (a motel maid) and her husband Charles Thurman. On multiple occasions Charles attacked Tracey, and on multiple occasions the police ignored Tracey’s request for help. The case resulted in:

a. Charles murdering Tracey

b. Tracey murdering Charles

c. the court awarding Tracey $2,000,000

d. the court taking Tracey’s home to pay for her legal fees

partner battery

According to the text, “from a legal perspective, the term partner assault is inaccurate,” and it should actually be called:

a. attempted assault

b. significant-other-assault

c. attempted partner battery assault

d. partner battery

a wife who interfered with her husband beating their children

In the shaded side-box “The Demise of Marital Chastisement,” wife-beating became (technically) illegal in Alabama in 1871. The case involved:

a. a husband who interfered with his wife watching television

b. a wife who interfered with her husband beating their children

c. children who interfered with their mother beating their father

d. children who interfered with their father beating the family dog

false

 The shaded side-box “Women in Police Stations” describes how in Brazil (and several other Central and South American countries) women who arrive at the police station to report being victimized are required to wait in jail cells until officers are finished with all their other work before they will speak with the victim about her case.

a. true

b. false

Minneapolis experiment

In the area of policing and domestic violence, probably no more controversial study has been conducted than the controlled experiment used to test the effectiveness of arrest on prevention or deterrence of domestic violence. Because of where it took place, it is called the:

a. Akron study

b. Minneapolis experiment

c. Honolulu survey

d. Mars evaluation

police being less responsive to partner assault

According to the text, “call screening” has contributed to:

a. federal judges quitting in protest over a lack of funding for new courthouses

b. university professors being more interested in studying family violence

c. police being less responsive to partner assault

d. higher monthly bills for mobile phone users

arrested the perpetrator

The “controversial study” consisting of a controlled experiment used to test the effectiveness of arrest on prevention or deterrence of domestic violence (and named for the location in which it took place) found that offenders were least likely to re-offend (be violent again) when officers:

a. arrested the perpetrator

b. sent the perpetrator away from the home

c. gave the perpetrator (and victim) advice and counseling

d. executed the perpetrator

true

When a restraining order is issued, it must be delivered to (and received by) the

perpetrator in order for it to be “in effect” (i.e., so that the perpetrator is held to it and

could violate it).

a. true

b. false