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A Tool Against Child Abuse

This paper considers A-1654, a new New Jersey law requiring the education of new parents about what constitutes child abuse and ho...

HOMELESSNESS AND INHERENT HUMAN RIGHTS

Safe and secure housing is but one of many rights withheld from those whose circumstances – whether through mental illness, financ...

Elder Abuse: What It Is, Why It Occurs and How to Prevent It

or she does)" (Elder abuse and neglect, 2007). Abuse may also take the form of financial exploitation, when the caregiver steals f...

MEDIATION FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE

were expected to endure within the confines of matrimony is now considered nothing short of abuse. That victims of domestic viole...

Diagnostic Approaches to Mental Illness

clinicians rely on the DSM to diagnose their patients. It is credible insofar as it is published by the American Psychiatric Assoc...

Life of a Factory Worker Compared with Life of a Slave

students of history shudder to read the horrible human rights abuses that were inflicted upon slaves in the antebellum South. Howe...

Implications of Family Abuse for Victims and Society

In a paper of five pages, the writer discusses abuse in a family situation, its origins, prevalence and ramifications. The writer ...

The Elderly Population and Substance Abuse

not as healthy as those of younger adults. Metabolism changes and older individuals cannot handle alcohol in he same way as their ...

How and Why Children are Used in Conflict

The human rights abuse is discussed in depth. The concept is supported with quantitative research. There are twelve sources listed...

Drug Use, Abuse and Treatment in a Social Interactive Approach

difference plays a part in substance use and abuse. In other words, females are more inclined to be judged by their peers and pare...

Domestic Abuse and the Court System

only be achieved when the contracting parties could not take advantage of one another. In cases of domestic violence, however, th...

COSTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE

the job tested positive for either alcohol or drugs. Small businesses suffer the most - another statistic from the Substanc...

Identifying Child Abuse Early

low protection from it. Academic performance was much better for low risk, high protection students. It was also shown that girls ...

Juvenile Delinquency and Sexual Abuse

want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...

Can Inspectors General be Independent

Inspectors General are supposed to be the independent watchdogs of fraud, waste, abuse, and crime in government agencies but they ...

Law Enforcement Models

Four decades ago, police departments began considering other models of policing that would bring them closer to the people. Team p...

Recovery from Child Abuse, Pelzer's Memoir

This research paper relates "The Lost Boy," a memoir by David Pelzer, with research that pertains to child abuse. Nine pages in le...

Domestic Violence, Children Witnesses

This paper pertains to domestic violence and its negative effects on child witnesses. The writer considers the issue of whether w...

Child Sexual Abuse, Issues

This research paper/essay discusses issues in courtroom procedures that pertain to child sexual abuse cases. Four pages in length,...

Child Sexual Abuse among Hispanics and TF-CBT

This research paper presents a literature review that pertains to research that addresses child sexual abuse occurring within Hisp...

CBT and NST to Treat Latino Victims of Sexual Abuse, A Research Method

This 5 page paper gives an example of how the method for a research study on Latino children victims of sexual abuse could be cond...

Issues in Juvenile Delinquency

This research paper pertains to the association between child abuse and juvenile delinquency. The paper also discusses the relati...

The McMartin Case: Interviewing Children

This paper pertains to the McMartin Preschool 1983 child abuse case, and the study conducted by Schreiber and colleagues (2006), w...

Child Abuse Policies, Discussion Questions

This research paper starts with a discussion of an ethical dilemma, specifically the challenge that child protective services (CPS...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder DSM-IV and DSM-5

There are many differences between the two latest versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The diffe...

Teenage Substance Abuse Treatment

Most programs intended to stop teenagers from using and abusing substances fail because the teenager does not want to be there and...

Sexual Abuse on Child Development, Its Effects

This research paper consists of the speaker notes for a PowerPoint presentation, kheffcsa.ppt. The writer offers an overview of th...

Domestic Abuse and the Death of Lisa Steinberg

This research paper concerns the abuse suffered by 6-year-old Lisa Steinberg and her adoptive mother Hedda Nussbaum at the hands o...

Teen Substance Abuse, Pediatric Health Promotion

This research paper/essay pertains to the topics of health promotions, which are designed to address the needs of teens in regards...