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Question 0

1. WHAT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CHILDHOOD SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES.

Answer 0

1. CHILD ABUSE.

Question 1

1. CHILD ABUSE.

Answer 1

1. THE PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN.

Question 2

1. WHERE DOES CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT USUALLY OCCUR.

Answer 2

1. IN PRIVATE PLACES.

Question 3

1. WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN TYPES OF CHILD MALTREATMENT.

Answer 3

1. PHYSICAL ABUSE
2. SEXUAL ABUSE
3. NEGLECT.

Question 4

1. CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE. 6.

Answer 4

1. MAY RANGE FROM MINOR BRUISING TO DEATH
2. THE RISK OF PHYSICAL ABUSE DECREASES AS THE CHILD GETS OLDER.
3. BOYS AND GIRLS ARE EQUALLY LIKELY TO BE AT RISK
4. BOYS SUSTAIN SLIGHTLY MORE SERIOUS INJURIES.
5. PHYSICAL ABUSE OCCURS DISPROPORTIONATELY AMONG ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES.
6. INCOME ALSO AFFECTS THE SEVERITY OF ABUSE.

Question 5

1. SEXUAL ABUSE, WHAT AGE IS AT RISK THE MOST.
2. HOW ARE SEXUAL ABUSED CHILDREN SELECTED.
3. WHO ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEXUAL ABUSE.

Answer 5

1. FROM 7 TO 12.
2. BECAUSE THEY ARE VULNERABLE
3. GIRLS.

Question 6

1. CHARACTERISTICS OF NEGLECT.

2. WHAT IS THE MEAN AGE OF CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FROM NEGLECT.

Answer 6

1. RANGES FROM FAILURE TO PROVIDE FOOD, CLOTHING, OR SHELTER, MEDICAL CARE, SUPERVISION, OR SCHOOLING.
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Question 7

1. THE MYTH IS THAT CHILD MOLESTERS ARE JUST DIRTY OLD MEN, BUT WHAT IS THE REALITY.
2. CHILD VICTIMS AND EQUALLY BE.

Answer 7

1. THAT CHILD MOLESTERS CAN LOOK LIKE ANYONE ELSE, EVEN SOMEONE WE KNOW AND LIKE.
2. BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUNG OR OLD.

Question 8

1. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.

2. WHO ARE USUALLY THE VICTIMS OF CHILD PROSTITUTION.

Answer 8

1. THE UNWANTED SEXUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT OF AN UNDERAGE CHILD.
2. BOYS.

Question 9

1. INCEST

Answer 9

1. SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OF ANY AGE TOO CLOSELY RELATED TO MARRY.

Question 10

1. ACQUAINTANCE MOLESTATION.
2. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ACQUAINTANCE MOLESTER. 3.
3. HOW DO ACQUAINTANCE MOLESTERS GAIN ACCES TO CHILDREN

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Answer 10

THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY PERSONS KNOWN TO THEM , OTHER THEN FAMILY MEMBERS.

3. HE IS NOT ANONYMOUS.
4. HE IS NOT AN EXTERNAL THREAT.
5. HE IS DESCRIBED AS NOT BAD
6. THROUGH YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.

Question 11

1. WHAT FORM OF CHILD ABUSE DO MOST CHILDREN SUFFER FROM

2. WHAT IS THE MAJORITY OF CHILD DEATHS RELATED TO

Answer 11

1. NEGLECT.

2. NATURAL CAUSES AND ACCIDENTS.

Question 12

1. OF CHILDREN WHO DIED FROM ABUSE OR NEGLECT, WHAT IS THE MAJORITY AGE OF THEM
2. WHO IS THE MAJORITY OF CHILD ABUSE REPORTED BY.

Answer 12

1. UNDER 4 YEARS OLD.

2. PROFESSIONALS: TEACHERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL PERSONNEL.

Question 13

1. WHAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN DEALING EFFECTIVELY WITH CHILD ABUSE.

Answer 13

1. THE INABILITY OF THE TWO LEAD INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES TO WORK TOGETHER. THE POLICE AND SOCIAL WELFARE.

Question 14

1. WHERE IS CHILD ABUSE LIKELY TO OCCUR.

2. WHAT FACTOR CONTRIBUTES TO A PARENT WHO IS A CHILD ABUSER.

Answer 14

1. ABUSE OCCURS IN ALL CULTURAL, ETHNIC, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS.
2. THERE IS NO SINGLE ONE FACTOR, ITS A COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND PERSONALITY TYPES.

Question 15

1. WHAT IS THE PROFILE OF A PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSER. 7

Answer 15

1. SUFFER FROM HISH STRESS (FROM SINGLE PARENTING, HEALTH, UNEMPLOYMENT.
2. HAVE POORLY DEVELOPED COPING SKILLS.
3. STRUGGLE WITH PERSONALITY FACTORS.
4. HAVE LOW SELF ESTEEM
5. POOR IMPULE CONTROL
6. ANXIETY
7. HAVE LOW FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE.

Question 16

1. WHAT IS THE PROFILE FOR A SEXUAL ABUSE OFFENDER.

Answer 16

1. THEY ARE USUALLY IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY OR TRUST
2. USUALLY MALE
3. TYPICALLY IN THEIR 30’S
4. OFFENDERS WHO VICTIMIZE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS USUALLY ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO VICTIMS.
5. OFFENDERS WHO VICTIMIZE NON FAMILY MEMBERS MUCH LARGER NUMBER.
6. SUFFER FROM INADEQUACY, DEPRESSION, ISOLATION, RIGID VALUES
7. HAVE DEVIANT AROUSAL PATTERNS.
8. GROOM THEIR VICTIM BY STARTING WITH NONSEXUAL TOUCHING TO SEXUAL ACTIVITY.

Question 17

1. WHAT IS THE PROFILE FOR THE NEGLECT ABUSER.

Answer 17

1. THEY ARE USUALLY SINGLE FEMALE CARETAKERS.
2. THEY ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO BE REPORTED.
3. HAVE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
4. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM.
5. EXPERIENCED NEGLECT THEMSELVES.

Question 18

1. WHAT ARE CHILD FATALITIES CATEGORIZED AS. 2 CATEGORIES.

Answer 18

1. ACUTE MALTREATMENT

2. CHRONIC MALTREATMENT

Question 19

1. ACUTE MALTREATMENT.

2. IN ACUTE MALTREATMENT CASES, HOW OFTEN WAS THE CHILD PREVIOUSLY ABUSED OR NEGLECTED.

Answer 19

1. THE CHILDS DEATH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO INJURIES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OR ABUSE, OR AN ACT OF NEGLIGENCE.
2. THE HAS NEVER BEEN PREVIOUSLY ABUSED OR NEGLECTED.

Question 20

1. IN CASES OF ACUTE MALTREATMENT HOW WOULD THE CARETAKER HAVE FATALLY ASSAULTED THE CHILD
2. WHAT CASES ARE OFTEN INCLUDED IN ACUTE MALTREATMENT OF A CHILD.2

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Answer 20

1. AS AN INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO THE CHILDS BEHAVIOR
2. OR A CONSCIOUS ACT TO HURT THE CHILD.
4. SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME.
5. ACUTE NEGLECT.

Question 21

1. .WHAT IS SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

2. WHAT IS ACUTE NEGLECT.

Answer 21

1. A CHILDS BRAIN IS INJURED FROM VIOLENT SHAKING, OFTEN CAUSE THE CHILDS CRYING TRIGGERED THE EVENT.
2. A CARETAKERS ONE TIME FAILURE TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE THE CHILD, WHICH RESULTS IN A FATAL INJURY.

Question 22

1. WHAT IS CHRONIC MALTREATMENT

2. WHAT IS USUALLY INCLUDED IN CHRONIC MALTREATMENT

Answer 22

1. THE CHILDS DEATH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO INJURIES CAUSED BY NEGLECT OCCURRING OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
2. BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME

Question 23

1. WHAT IS BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME

Answer 23

1. A COLLECTION OF INJURIES SUSTAINED BY A CHILD AS A RESULT OF REPEATED MISTREATMENT OR BEATING.

Question 24

1. HOW DOES CHILD FATALITIES DIFFER FROM OTHER TYPES OF HOMICIDE. 7

Answer 24

1. THE CAUSES OF DEATH 2. THE OFFENDERS MOTIVATIONS 3. THE LEGAL CULPABILITY FOR THE CRIME 4. THE METHODS USED TO INFLICT THE FATAL INJURIES 5. THE TYPES OF INJURIES SUSTAINED 6. THE PHYSICAL AND FORENSIC EVIDENCE INVOLVED. 7. THE INVESTIGATORS TECHNIQUES USED.

Question 25

1. CATEGORIES AND ISSUES INVOLVED IN CHILD FATALITIES.

Answer 25

1. DELAYED DEATH 2. WITNESSES AND ACCOMPLICES 3. WEAPONS 4. TRACE EVIDENCE 5. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. 6. INTERNAL INJURIES 7. MOTIVES.

Question 26

1. Why do many maltreatment deaths of children involve a delay of time

Answer 26

1. This often happens in cases of a abuse of head trams. | 2. And in cases of internal injuries to the chest and abdomen.

Question 27

1. What is the most common type of fatal injury and maltreatment death to a child

Answer 27

1. Abuse head trams caused by shaken baby syndrome

Question 28

1. The delayed death of s child may also be caused by

Answer 28

1. Scalding | 2. From an infection from other injuries

Question 29

1. Why are witnesses an issue in child maltreatment cases

Answer 29

1. Because there is usually an absence of witnesses to the actual incident of abuse or neglect that caused the child's fatal injury.

Question 30

1. Where do most child maltreatment deaths occur 30

Answer 30

1. Inside a private location such as the home

Question 31

1. Why are accomplices also rare in a child maltreatment death

Answer 31

1. Because it's unusual for two or more people to participate in the child's fatal maltreatment

Question 32

1. Maltreatment murders of children rarely involve traditional weapons. Instead they include what type of weapons 4

Answer 32

1. Hands. 2. Feet. 3. Household items 4. Scalding water

Question 33

1. What are child maltreatment deaths usually caused by 7

Answer 33

1. Shaking 2. Slamming. 3. Blunt force trauma 4. Scalding. 5. Starvation. 6. Neglectful supervision. 7. Various other firms of abuse and neglect

Question 34

1. What type of evidence is almost useless in child maltreatment deaths

Answer 34

1. Fingerprints and DNA

Question 35

1. What type of evidence is most common in child maltreatment death. 2. Why 3. What must the investigator prove 4. What two critically important things must an investigator prove

Answer 35

1. Circumstantial evidence 2. Because there is usually a lack of witnesses and direct evidence 3. That only the suspect could have committed the crime 4. 1. That the suspect was the only person with the child at the time of the fatal injury. 2. Prove that the injury was not accidental

Question 36

1. In children maltreatment deaths when will injuries be visible

Answer 36

1. They may not be visible at first. The injuries may not appear for hours or even days after the child got the injuries

Question 37

1. What do most child maltreatment fatal injuries involve.

Answer 37

1. Trauma to the brain | 2. And trauma to the internal organs such as the chest and abdomen.

Question 38

1. What may a child's death appear to be at first if there r no visible external injuries

Answer 38

1. May appear natural

Question 39

1. Who are the majority of offenders that killed their children due to maltreatment. 2. Who committed the rest 3. For the majority of child maltreatment deaths. What was the motive of the maltreatment

Answer 39

1. The parents. 2. The non parent caretaker 3. 1. Crying. 2. Bed wetting. 3. Feeding problems. 4. The caretaker has feelings of resentment 5. The caretaker has feelings of frustration 6. The caretaker has hatred for the child

Question 40

1. What is the role of CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 2. What does child protective services NOT DO 40

Answer 40

1. To determine if maltreatment was involved in the child's death. 2. Identify the responsible party 3. Take action to protect the surviving siblings. 2. They do not determine whether anyone committed a crime. Not are they trained as criminal investigators to collect evidence and interrogate suspects

Question 41

1. What's the role of the criminal investigator in child deaths

Answer 41

1. To determine if a crime has been committed. | 2. And who is responsible

Question 42

1. Battered child.

Answer 42

1. A child who suffers from physical abuse

Question 43

1. Battered child syndrome

Answer 43

1. A clinical term referring to the collection of injuries sustained by a child as a result of repeated mistreatment or beating

Question 44

1. What age are the victims of shaken baby syndrome 2. What is one symptom that is conclusive if shaken baby syndrome 3. What is the more common age of babies who are susceptible of shaken baby syndrome

Answer 44

1. 3 and under 2. Retinal hemorrhaging 3. 18 months and younger

Question 45

1. Münchausen syndrome | 2. Münchausen syndrome by proxy

Answer 45

1. A psychological disorder in which a patient fabricates symptoms of disease or injury in order to undergo medical tests or hospitalization. 2. Parents with Münchausen syndrome who attempt to bring medical attention to themselves by inducing illnesses in their children

Question 46

1. Sudden infant death syndrome | 2. When does SIDS always occur

Answer 46

1. Diagnosis given for the sudden death of an infant one month to One year of age that remains unexplained after an investigation. 2. After the baby has been put down to sleep

Question 47

1. Battery

Answer 47

1. An intentional nonconsensual bodily contact that a reasonable person would consider harmful

Question 48

1. What are the 3 categories of sexual abuse of children

Answer 48

1. Exploitation 2. Incest. 3. Child sexual abuse

Question 49

1. What is exploitation.

Answer 49

1. The use of children for illegal activities such as prostitution and pornography.

Question 50

1. Incest. 50

Answer 50

1. Sexual relations between children and their parents.

Question 51

1. Child sexual abuse

Answer 51

1. The sexual molestation of children, as well as seductiin and statuatory rape. Unwanted sexual contact of an undercharge child

Question 52

1. What is the stepwise interview

Answer 52

Uses techniques to 1. Minimize trauma a child may experience from an interview 2. Maximize the amount and quality of information from the child 3. Maintain the integrity of the investigation process

Question 53

1. Child molester.

Answer 53

1. One who engages in some form of child sexual exploitation.

Question 54

1. Situational molester.

Answer 54

1. Child molester who commits such crimes because of one of several external factors. These include intoxication , drug abuse, mood , or mental conditions.

Question 55

1. Preferential molester.

Answer 55

A child molester who has sexual desires focusing on children and typically had s more identifiable psychological disorder.

Question 56

1. Fixated child molester

Answer 56

1. One whose primary sexual orientation is toward children and whose sociosexual maturation develops as a result of unresolved conflicts in his or Her development

Question 57

1. The regressed child molester

Answer 57

A child molester who views the victim as a substitute for an adult partner

Question 58

1. Pedophile

Answer 58

1. The basis of sexual misconduct with children

Question 59

1. Who is the most common type of pedophile

Answer 59

1. A child molester

Question 60

1. WHAT IS THE COMMON AGE FOR A CHILD MOLESTORS VICTIM 60

Answer 60

1. 11TO 13.

Question 61

1. WHAT TWO CATEGORIES DO CHILD MOLESTERS FALL INTO.

Answer 61

1. THE SITUATIONAL MOLESTER | 2. THE PREFERENTIAL MOLESTER.

Question 62

1. WHAT ARE THE TWO PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES OF CHILD MOLESTERS.

Answer 62

1. FIXATED CHILD MOLESTER. | 2. THE REGRESSED CHILD MOLESTER.

Question 63

1. What is the most common form of child molestation. | 2. WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON WAY A PERSON IS ABLE TO MOLEST A CHILD.

Answer 63

1. FONDLING | 2. BRIBERY

Question 64

1. PEDOPHILIA

Answer 64

1. SEXUAL ATTRACTION TO CHILDREN.

Question 65

1. WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN TYPES OF CHILD MALTREATMENT

Answer 65

1. PHYSICAL ABUSE 2. SEXUAL ABUSE 3. NEGLECT.

Question 66

1. PHYSICAL ABUSE

Answer 66

1. RANGES IN SEVERITY FROM MINOR BRUISING TO DEATH. THE RISK OF ABUSE DECREASES AS THE CHILD GETS OLDER. IT OCCURS DISPROPORTIONATELY AMONG ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES. INCOME ALSO AFFECTS THE SERIOUSNESS OF ABUSE.

Question 67

1. SEXUAL ABUSE

Answer 67

1. INVOLVES CHILDREN AGES 7 TO 12. GIRLS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SECUALLY ABUSED.

Question 68

1. NEGLECT.

Answer 68

1. RANGES FROM THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE FOOD, CLOTHING, OR SHELTER, OR MEDICAL CARE, SUPERVISION, OR SCHOOLING. THE MEAN AGE OF THE VICTIM IS 6.

Question 69

1. WHAT SYSTEM IS MAINTAINED BYTHE US DEPT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THAT IS A NATIONAL DATABASE PROVIDING INFORMATION ON INCIDENCES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

Answer 69

1. THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT DATA SYSTEM.

Question 70

1. WHAT DO MOST CHILDREN SUFFER ACCORDING THE THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT DATA SYSTEM. 70

Answer 70

1. NEGLECT.

Question 71

1. WHAT IS THE AGE OF CHILDREN THAT MOSTLY DIE FROM MALTREATMENT.

Answer 71

1. UNDER 4.