ICDVP ACTUAL FINAL EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
EXPERT SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
What is the Common Scold? - (answer)troublesome and angry women who break the public
peace. It was a crime that consisted of speaking one's mind and could only be committed by
women.
When was the Common Scold Law declared obsolete in England by the Criminal Law Act ? -
(answer)In 1967
When was the last women convicted of being a common scold in the U.S.? - (answer)in 1829,
but the last women accused of being a scold in the U.S. was in 1971 in New Jersey.
What is Riding the Stang? - (answer)rituals of public shaming by community sanctions
What is abuse? - (answer)repeated attempts to control, manipulate, or demean another individual
using physical, sexual, or emotional tactics.
What is physical abuse? - (answer)any use of size, strength, or presence to hurt or control
someone else. Ex.) pushing, slapping, choking, biting, kicking, etc.
What is emotional abuse? - (answer)any use of words, voice, action, or lack of action meant to
control, hurt, or demean another person.
Emotionally abusive relationships are defined as what? - (answer)involving repeated hurtful
exchanges with a disregard for the partner's feelings.
What are some types of verbal abuse? - (answer)threatening to kill , accusing partner of
unfaithfulness, name calling, criticizing, yelling, etc.
,What is sexual abuse? - (answer)any sexual behavior meant to control, manipulate, humiliate, or
demean another person.
Sex in abusive relationships is often used as what? - (answer)as means to exert power over the
female partner and to further shame and humiliate her. Frequently women are raped after a
beating.
What are some types of sexual abuse? - (answer)unwanted touching, unfaithfulness, forced sex,
hurtful sex, forcing partner to watch others have sex.
What are some myths about domestic violence and victims? - (answer)that victims provoke their
abusers, battered women are helpless, passive, fragile, and have little to no education, battered
women enjoy abuse, batterers are inappropriate in all their relationships, abusive relationships
will not change for the better, and alcohol and drug use cause battering
What are some realities of domestic violence? - (answer)Batterers chose to be violent instead of
choosing a nonviolent alternative, domestic violence crosses all socioeconomic, ethnic, racial,
educational, and religious lines, victim blaming is another way taking the blame away the
batterer, the victim cannot control the batterer, batterers choose to act violently in select
relationships as a means of dominating
What does the feminist theory propose the cause of domestic violence is? - (answer)The theory
suggest that economic, social, and historical processes operate both directly and indirectly to
support male dominated (patriarchal) social order and the family structure itself. Patriarchy has
led to the subordination of women and domestic violence is a way of maintaining this
subordination.
What is the "choice theory"? - (answer)this theory states that men abuse women because they can
or choose too. They choose to behave abusively toward their female partners because they can
get away with it and because doing so gets them what they want.
, What are the effects of domestic violence on victims? - (answer)lowered self esteem, accepting
responsibility for the partners actions, guilt, feelings of helplessness that affect how the women
think, feel, and act. Also they may be in denial which is used as a survival strategy.
What are some the defense mechanisms a batterer may use to justify the abuse? -
(answer)Rationalization("I just wanted her to listen to me")
Denial/minimizing ("I only pushed her")
Denial/claiming loss of control ("A man can only take so much")
Blaming ("If she hadn't provoked me...")
What happens in the tension building phase? - (answer)less lethal forms of battering occur, the
women senses the tension and tries to make the abusive partner less angry to prevent abuse, the
woman minimizes the minor incidents and blames herself, the women denies that the tension will
escalate
What happens in the acute battering phase? - (answer)the abuser's rage escalates dramatically,
both the abuser and woman accept the myth that he can't control his anger, severe injuries occur
as a result of the battering, women experiences shock and disbelief that the incident has occurred
What happens in the honeymoon phase? - (answer)the abuser expresses remorse for his behavior
and makes promises to change, abuser is charming and loving, offers gifts to apologize, begins to
show feelings of guilt and sympathy for woman, the woman's desire to believe he will change
and the abuser's temporarily changed behavior reinforce her desire to stay in the relationship
What is the Victim's Economic Security and Safety Act? - (answer)it allows employees who are
victims of domestic or sexual violence or who have family or household members who are
victims of such violence to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per any 12 month period to seek
medical help, legal assistance, counseling, safety planning, and other assistance. The Act also
prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who are victims of domestic or
sexual violence or who have family or household members who are victims of domestic or
sexual violence.
EXPERT SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
What is the Common Scold? - (answer)troublesome and angry women who break the public
peace. It was a crime that consisted of speaking one's mind and could only be committed by
women.
When was the Common Scold Law declared obsolete in England by the Criminal Law Act ? -
(answer)In 1967
When was the last women convicted of being a common scold in the U.S.? - (answer)in 1829,
but the last women accused of being a scold in the U.S. was in 1971 in New Jersey.
What is Riding the Stang? - (answer)rituals of public shaming by community sanctions
What is abuse? - (answer)repeated attempts to control, manipulate, or demean another individual
using physical, sexual, or emotional tactics.
What is physical abuse? - (answer)any use of size, strength, or presence to hurt or control
someone else. Ex.) pushing, slapping, choking, biting, kicking, etc.
What is emotional abuse? - (answer)any use of words, voice, action, or lack of action meant to
control, hurt, or demean another person.
Emotionally abusive relationships are defined as what? - (answer)involving repeated hurtful
exchanges with a disregard for the partner's feelings.
What are some types of verbal abuse? - (answer)threatening to kill , accusing partner of
unfaithfulness, name calling, criticizing, yelling, etc.
,What is sexual abuse? - (answer)any sexual behavior meant to control, manipulate, humiliate, or
demean another person.
Sex in abusive relationships is often used as what? - (answer)as means to exert power over the
female partner and to further shame and humiliate her. Frequently women are raped after a
beating.
What are some types of sexual abuse? - (answer)unwanted touching, unfaithfulness, forced sex,
hurtful sex, forcing partner to watch others have sex.
What are some myths about domestic violence and victims? - (answer)that victims provoke their
abusers, battered women are helpless, passive, fragile, and have little to no education, battered
women enjoy abuse, batterers are inappropriate in all their relationships, abusive relationships
will not change for the better, and alcohol and drug use cause battering
What are some realities of domestic violence? - (answer)Batterers chose to be violent instead of
choosing a nonviolent alternative, domestic violence crosses all socioeconomic, ethnic, racial,
educational, and religious lines, victim blaming is another way taking the blame away the
batterer, the victim cannot control the batterer, batterers choose to act violently in select
relationships as a means of dominating
What does the feminist theory propose the cause of domestic violence is? - (answer)The theory
suggest that economic, social, and historical processes operate both directly and indirectly to
support male dominated (patriarchal) social order and the family structure itself. Patriarchy has
led to the subordination of women and domestic violence is a way of maintaining this
subordination.
What is the "choice theory"? - (answer)this theory states that men abuse women because they can
or choose too. They choose to behave abusively toward their female partners because they can
get away with it and because doing so gets them what they want.
, What are the effects of domestic violence on victims? - (answer)lowered self esteem, accepting
responsibility for the partners actions, guilt, feelings of helplessness that affect how the women
think, feel, and act. Also they may be in denial which is used as a survival strategy.
What are some the defense mechanisms a batterer may use to justify the abuse? -
(answer)Rationalization("I just wanted her to listen to me")
Denial/minimizing ("I only pushed her")
Denial/claiming loss of control ("A man can only take so much")
Blaming ("If she hadn't provoked me...")
What happens in the tension building phase? - (answer)less lethal forms of battering occur, the
women senses the tension and tries to make the abusive partner less angry to prevent abuse, the
woman minimizes the minor incidents and blames herself, the women denies that the tension will
escalate
What happens in the acute battering phase? - (answer)the abuser's rage escalates dramatically,
both the abuser and woman accept the myth that he can't control his anger, severe injuries occur
as a result of the battering, women experiences shock and disbelief that the incident has occurred
What happens in the honeymoon phase? - (answer)the abuser expresses remorse for his behavior
and makes promises to change, abuser is charming and loving, offers gifts to apologize, begins to
show feelings of guilt and sympathy for woman, the woman's desire to believe he will change
and the abuser's temporarily changed behavior reinforce her desire to stay in the relationship
What is the Victim's Economic Security and Safety Act? - (answer)it allows employees who are
victims of domestic or sexual violence or who have family or household members who are
victims of such violence to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per any 12 month period to seek
medical help, legal assistance, counseling, safety planning, and other assistance. The Act also
prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who are victims of domestic or
sexual violence or who have family or household members who are victims of domestic or
sexual violence.
