Module 3 Study Guide

Module 3 Study Guide

1. Child Maltreatment

   • physical abuse, physical neglect, emotional maltreatment,and of course, sexual abuse and exploitation.
   • numbers of child maltreatment cases have severly dropped

2. Unreported/ Unsubstaintiated cases

   • Professionals fail to report many of the children who had observable signs of child abuse and neglect.
   • 60-65 % of reported cases are determined to be unsubstantiated (They don't have enough evidence.)
   • Unsubstantiated cases still go through the whole legal processes. Everyone in the families life will most likely know they were being investigated.

3. Survey of Sexual Behavior

   • The society in which we live treats sex and everything related to sex in a mostambiguous and ambivalent fashion.
   • Problems: Sex is seen as taboo, Most people do not like to share their intimate details, If they do share those intimate details sometimes they are untrue.
   • Sample Design: Probability sample, estimates are normally distributed

4. Gaining Cooperation

   • 75% participation rate is acceptable
   • The Survey of Sexual Behavior had an 80% participation rate
   • More support is given for these studies if there is some sort of incentive

5. Mode of Administration

   • Face to face
     • Most costly version
   • Telephone
     • Take about 90 minutes to complete. Therefore these are not ideal even though they are cheap.
   • Self Administration
     • Questions must be in their simplest form

6. The Questionaire

   • Most important part of the study.
   • Must be clear and concise
   • Use words that can be interpreted the same by many different people

7. Researching Dealers and Smugglers

   • Getting in
   • The Covert Role
     • By being introduced to others in this wise rather than overt role, wewere able to interact with people who would otherwise have shied away
   • Developing trust
     • It takes alot to prove yourself