Advanced Victimology/ Exam 2 Troy University/ Childs

What is the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)?

Provide for the analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape in Federal, State, and local institutions and to provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from prison rape

What is the Megans law?

law that made the sex offender registry available to the public

What did the Jessica Lunsford act establish?

an increase of the severity of punishment for sex offenders who’s victims were 12 years old or younger

What is the vine system?

a system that allows crime victims to obtain information on their case

What are community reperation boards?

Community members that provide sentencing options for nonviolent offenders

Define probation.

an alternative to incarceration where offenders can live under supervision of the community

Define parole.

the conditional release of a prison inmate ending their term under supervision of parole officers

What are community work service programs?

programs that provide offenders the opportunity to work to pay restitution

What are community/neighbor

hood impact statements?

an opportunity for citizens to voice how crime effects their quality of life

What is mandatory reporting?

statutes that require professionals who frequently who come into contact with children to report suspected child maltreatment to on appropriate agency

What are home visitation programs?

programs that provide health services, parental classes, and access to services

What are group counseling programs?

programs that provide children an opportunity to be part of a small group so they do not feel alone or isolated

What are three elements that focus on effects of child abuse?

physical, psychological, and behavioral

What is human trafficking?

the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power of a position of vulnerability or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation

What is education and outreach?

the vital component of any organization and a condition of funding

What categories of child are most vulnerable for sex trafficking?

homeless, run aways, and children in the welfare system

Define resiliency.

a persons ability to maintain a balanced state in the face of challenges

What is the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act?

Federal legislation that advocates child abuse and neglect

Define Intimate Partner Violence.

any physical, sexual, or psychological harm committed by a current or former spouse, opposite-sex co-habitating partner, same-sex co-habitating partner, date, boyfriend or girlfriend

What is the reason for social and legal visibility of intimate partner violence?

Womens movement in the 60s and 70s

What is physical violence?

Any act where an individual attempts to harm another through physical means

What is sexual violence?

sexual activity when consent is not obtained or freely given

What is psychological abuse?

form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another person to a behavior that may result in psychological trauma

Define stalking.

harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention

T/F: Intimate Partner Violence is to maintain or gain control over the victim.

True

T/F: Normalization of abuse is when the victim does not recognize or realize abuse or violence.

True

T/F: Most shelters that work for intimate partner violence victims provide multi-service programs.

True

T/F: Male dominance is an individual factor for intimate partner violence.

true

T/F: Male dominance is a relationship factor for intimate partner violence.

true

What is direct violence?

any violence that can lead to bodily harm, such as hitting, slapping, punching, etc

T/F: Jails are facilities that hold individuals that are waiting for trials and are serving sentences 1 year or less.

true

T/F: Prisons are facilities that hold felony offenders that are serving sentences over 1 year.

true

T/F: Community correction does __not__ include incarceration.

true

What is child neglect?

deprivation of child of their basic needs, including the failure to provide adequate supervision, health care, clothing, or housing, as well as other physical, emotional, social, educational, and safety needs

T/F: There are twelve basic rights that parole authorities provide crime victims.

true

T/F: The effects of intimate partner violence are long-term and does __not__ stop after the violence stops.

true

Define financial abuse.

a situation in which someone harms another person in a close relationship in ways that relate to money

T/F: The four forms of intimate partner violence are physical, psychological, economical, and sexual.

True

T/F: Elder abuse/neglect is seriously under reported with less than half of cases being substantiated.

true

T/F: Victims of child sex trafficking do not have the same effects as children who are abused by someone they know or trust.

true