One of the most difficult cases for law enforcement is:

1. Burglary
2. Homicide
3. Child Abuse
4. Shoplifting

As it relates to Child Abuse, a child means a person under the age of:

1. 14
2. 15
3. 16
4. 17
5. 18
6. 21

What are the four ways a child is abused or neglected?

1. Physical, sexual, psychological, neglect
2. Physical, mental, verbal, psychological
3. Mental, verbal, physical, emotional
4. Physical, emotional, sexual, verbal

What percentage of prison inmates have been either physically or sexually abused in their childhood?

1. 90-99
2. 80-98
3. 80-89
4. 60-80

What percentage of people being treated for alcohol problems were abused or molested as children?

1. 80-100
2. 60-80
3. 40-60
4. 20-40

It's estimated that approximately how many females and how many males may be molested before they graduate high school?

1. One third, One half
2. One third, One tenth
3. One half, One fifth
4. One third, One fifth

Approximately, what percentage of the time is the abuser a parent or surrogate parent?

1. 50%
2. 25%
3. 95%
4. 85%

Approximately, in most cases, how many times is the mother the abuser?

1. Slightly over 50%
2. Slightly over 80%
3. Slightly over 34%

Approximately 75% of the abused children are under what age?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8
5. 10

What percentage of abusive parents were abused as a child themselves?

1. 100
2. 63
3. 85

• Unrealistic expectations of the child
• Extreme stress in his/her life
• Poor self-image
• May over punish the child
• Lack of education in child rearing process
• May reject the child or child may be resented
• May be a targeted child (singled out from others)
• Unwanted pregnancy coupled with youth

• May be a child with disabilities
• Need attention and affection fulfillment
• Naturally trusting and curious
• Raised to respect and obey adults

• Submissiveness
• Aggressive acting out
• School-related behavior
• Self-destructiveness
• Severe depression
• PTSD

• Unattended
• Undernourished
• Unhealthy
• Dirty
• Not regularly sent to school
• "Failure to Thrive"

• Age-Inappropriate knowledge of sexual behavior
• Persistant inappropriate sexual play
• Aggressive sexual behavior
• Becoming manipulative
• Becoming overly seductive
• Becoming overly sexual

• Secrecy - threats or intimidation
• Helplessness - lack of power, depends on basic needs
• Entrapment and accomodation - happens over and over so why tell anyone. Child will disassociate what is happening
• Delayed or unconvincing disclosure - shame of what is happening
• Retraction - blame themselves

Prosecutable child abuse/neglect cases are built upon three critical factors. What are they?

1. Direct evidence, Circumstantial evidence, Hearsay
2. Physical evidence, sexual evidence, testimony
3. Physical evidence, witnesses, confessions
4. Physical evidence, indirect evidence, confessions

Initial steps, when investigating any child abuse/neglect case, should focus on:

1. What happened and who did it
2. Who did it and Who did it happen to
3. Who did it and Why
4. What happened and How did it happen

• Injuries inconsistent with caretaker's description
• Unreasonable forms of punishment
• Child's death is unexplained by caretaker(s)
• Multiple bruises at different stages of healing
• Adult bite marks
• Injuries consistent with tying, binding, tethering
• Patterned injuries (straps, belts, cords, punctures)

Name some characteristics of a situational child molester.

(Hint: Offender Typology)

• Low self-esteem
• Poor coping skills
• Morally indiscriminate and user and abuser of people
• Sexually indiscriminate or "new and different"
• Be inadequate or a social misfit
• Transport child a short distance for privacy
• Injure or kill the child out of panic

Name the 3 types of preferential child molesters.

• Seduction - most common, uses seduction techniques to lure the child
• Introverted - lacks interpersonal skill to seduce children
• Sadistic - more likely to abduct and murder children

• Long-term persistant patterns of behavior
• Specific sexual interests they manifest are paraphiliac preferences
• Well-developed techniques
• Skillful at accessing and manipulating victims
• Fantasy driven behavior
• Collect pornography, souvenirs, videotapes, photos, etc.

According to Section 16-15-20, which couple would not qualify as incest?

1. A man and his mother
2. A man and his son's wife
3. A man and his 1st cousin
4. A man and his wife's granddaughter
5. A man and his brother's daughter

According to Section 16-15-20, which couple would not qualify as incest?

1. A woman and her grandfather
2. A woman and her daughter's husband
3. A woman and her husband's son
4. A woman and her uncle's son
5. A woman and her father's brother

• Withdrawn
• Depression
• Sleeping and/or eating disorders
• Self mutilation
• Poor hygiene or excessive bathing
• Anxiety
• Regressive behaviors such as thumb sucking or bed wetting

• Taboo against talking about it
• Family norm
• Society's refusal to acknowledge the problem
• Cultural view of the family
• Child's inability to understand the abuse

• Family is very close and secretive
• Full communication among family members
• Marry young and are very immature
• Have large number of children
• Father is domineering, paranoid and isolated
• Mother is passive and will defend the father

A law enforcement officer may take a child into temporary emergency protective custody for a period of how long?

1. No more than 12 hours
2. No more than 24 hours
3. No more than 48 hours