| 1- The existence of a power differential implies that one party (the offender) controls the other (the victim) and that the sexual encounter is not mutually conceived and undertaken. |
| True |
| False |
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| 2- Knowledge differential implies that the offender is either older, more developmentally advanced, or more intelligent than the victim. |
| True |
| False |
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| 3- The most common circumstance of sexual abuse is a dyadic relationship, that is, a situation involving one victim and one offender. |
| True |
| False |
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| 4- Sex rings generally are organized by pedophiles. |
| True |
| False |
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| 5- Child Pornography is a Federal crime, and all States have laws against child pornography. |
| True |
| False |
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| 6- Ritual sexual abuse is abuse that occurs in the context of a belief system that, among other tenets, involves sex with children. |
| True |
| False |
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| 7- Clinicians and researchers working in sexual abuse believe that the problem is overreported. |
| True |
| False |
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| 8- Behavioral manifestations of traumatic sexualization constitute a range of hypersexual behaviors as well as avoidance of or negative sexual encounters. |
| True |
| False |
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| 9- The most fundamental damage from sexual abuse is its undermining of trust in those people who are supposed to be protectors and nurturers. |
| True |
| False |
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| 10- When children report to anyone they are being or have been sexually abused, there is a high probability they are telling the truth. |
| True |
| False |
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| 11- Sexually abused children may manifest a range of symptoms, which reflect the specifics of their abuse and how they are coping with it. |
| True |
| False |
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| 12- The preferred outcome in cases of sexual abuse, as in other types of child maltreatment, is that after intervention the family will be intact. |
| True |
| False |
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| 13- The Juvenile Court is responsible for child protection. |
| True |
| False |
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| 14- The Criminal Court is responsible for offender prosecution. |
| True |
| False |
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| 15- Victims may gain a sense of mastery over the sexual abuse from testifying. |
| True |
| False |
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| 16- In most cases it is appropriate for the offender to leave the home and for the victim to remain. |
| True |
| False |
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| 17- If the child genuinely does not wish visitation, they should be forced to go. |
| True |
| False |
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| 18- Family therapy is the culmination of the treatment process and is usually not undertaken until there has been a determination that reunification is in the victim's best interest. |
| True |
| False |
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| 19- The role of the clinician is to help the child understand intellectually and accept emotionally that the child was not responsible. |
| True |
| False |
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| 20- Treatment of victimized children needs to include strategies for future protection. |
| True |
| False |
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