Module 5.2 Learning Game - Soc 459

Domestic ____________________ in civil laws can be defined as " attempting to cause or causing ____________________ injury to a family or household member or placing a family or household member by ____________________ of force in fear of imminent physical harm . Many states also designate specific acts as constituting domestic violence , such as ____________________ assault , ____________________ assault or battery , causing physical harm or serious ____________________ , threatening or placing a victim in fear of ____________________ , harassment , stalking , trespassing , damage to property , kidnapping , and unlawful ____________________ .

In criminal laws , domestic violence may be defined as " any ____________________ offense involving ____________________ or physical harm or ____________________ of violence or physical harm " committed by one family or household member against another . Specific acts that constitute domestic violence in the criminal code may involve ____________________ or battery , sexual assault , harassment , stalking , trespassing , kidnapping , and burglary or ____________________ .

Individuals who are protected by either ____________________ or criminal domestic violence ____________________ include spouses and former ____________________ ; persons who are currently living together ; persons who have previously lived ____________________ ; persons who are involved or were previously involved in a dating or intimate ____________________ ; or persons who have a child in common , whether or not they have ever lived together . Domestic violence protections are not limited to ____________________ who have been in romantic relationships together . Individuals who have shared a home as ____________________ can also be classified as being in a domestic violence relationship .

Children growing up in families in which intimate partner violence ( IPV ) takes place are at increased risk to become victims of child ____________________ . Children who witnessed IPV in the past year were almost ____________________ times more likely to experience ____________________ maltreatment in the same year compared to children who did not witness ____________________ . Children who live in ____________________ with IPV are more likely to be ____________________ abused than children who do not live in homes with adult violence . The most common form of child ____________________ co - occurring with IPV is ____________________ . Children who are exposed to both IPV and child maltreatment typically show more ____________________ and ____________________ problems and are more at risk of becoming involved in violence later in life .

Risk factors for co - occurrence of IPV with child maltreatment are :
? Lower levels of ____________________ status and education , and higher levels of neighborhood ____________________ activity , immigrant concentration , and ____________________ instability .
? Acceptance of family ____________________ , including acceptability of violence in intimate partner and ____________________ ? child relationships .
? ____________________ drug or alcohol addiction .