Understanding Family Violence: The Intersection of Child Abuse and Elder Abuse
Upon completing the assigned readings, answer the seven questions posed in the assignment. Answers should be submitted in short paragraph form. Please be advised that incomplete sentences or bullet point answers will not be accepted. Be sure to answer each question in its entirety, while appropriately citing the authors using APA format. Simply put, your work should demonstrate a command of this week’s readings. To do so, it is essential that you devote adequate time to each reading; that you reflect on the subject matter; that you organize your thoughts; and that you compose complete and carefully constructed answers. <
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1) What does Mercado-Crespo (2015) recommend to better deal with the co-occurrence of domestic violence and child maltreatment? <
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2) Discuss how the attitudes and behaviors exhibited by abusers may influence the belief system of a child who witnesses domestic violence.<
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3) Discuss the ways in which an abuser may use a child to maintain control in a relationship.<
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4) According to Nerenberg (2008), what challenges exist to defining elder abuse?<
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5) Discuss financial abuse in cases of elder domestic violence. In what ways are the elderly particularly vulnerable to financial abuse? <
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6) Beyond the reasons inferred in the article, what might dissuade elderly victims from accessing services to the same extent as younger women? Think about a senior citizen who you know (e.g., a grandmother or aunt); what is it about her views and beliefs that might make her less inclined to seek help?<
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7) Other than a spouse, who, according to Lundy and Gossman (2009), is most likely to perpetrate abuse against an elder? What might be the reason for this?