| A | B |
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| Relationship of trust | Any relationship in which there is a reasonable expectation that each person cares for the best interests of the other |
| Child Maltreatment | A general term encompassing the many ways that parents abuse and neglect their children |
| Elder Abuse | A general term encompassing the many ways that caregivers can abuse and neglect elderly family members |
| Material exploitation | The misappropriation of a victim's money or property by a caretaker |
| Behavioral/Learning Maltreatment Theory | Parents maltreat children because they learn over time that the rewards outweigh the risks |
| Cognitive Maltreatment Theory | Parents maltreat children because they think that it is warranted or necessary |
| Psychopathological Maltreatment Theory | Parents maltreat their children because they are mentally ill |
| Family Environment/System Maltreatment Theory | Parents maltreat their children because the family is dysfunctional overall |
| Behavioral theories of intimate partner violence | Explanations for violent behavior that focus on how the perpetrator perceives the balance between the rewards and costs of that behavior |
| Social learning theory of intimate partner violence | A theoretical framework emphasizing that violence is learned through the observations of how others' violent behaviors are rewarded and punished |
| Feminist theories of intimate partner violence | Explanations for violent behavior of men against women that emphasize how it arises out of the historically unequal division of power by gender |
| Percentage of all murders that are committed by intimate partners | 15% |
| Percentage of all female homicide victims that are killed by intimate partners | 40-70% |
| Percentage of all murder-suicides that are committed by intimate partners | 74% |
| Percentage of all Intimate Partner Violence murder-suicide victims that are women | 96% |
| Physical abuse | Parents cause non-accidental physical injury to the child |
| Emotional abuse | Parents cause psychological or emotional harm to the child using words rather than actions |
| Sexual abuse | Parents use the child for sexual stimulation |
| Neglect | Parents fail to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision to the child |
