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be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...
degree of violence among todays adolescents that something has gone terribly wrong in American society. What has gone wrong has b...
on Nixons opponents, as Nixon was convinced that leaks to the press directly threatened the effectiveness of his administration...
in the testimony that is presented and many of these cases illuminate the inconsistencies and short comings that exist within the ...
a nurse to determine which elderly patients are being abused because a sense of shame or a desire to protect the family member who...
context notes the need for investigative teams to help differentiate whether abuse and/or neglect served as a direct cause of deat...
71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...
abuse anyway? Does it mean beating another human being exclusively or can other physically violent acts qualify? In studying this ...
Given that serious depression too often leads to suicide, it is a problem that simply cannot be ignored. Numerous factors enter i...
or other individual. The goal of child welfare services is to provide an array of prevention and intervention services to children...
have been abused themselves will inevitably abuse others if in fact they do not get help. Simpson (2000) writes: "In those familie...
The view that incarceration is not the solution for drug abuse is supported by a wide cross-section of our population. Author Jam...
would be incurred if we were to rehabilitate drug and alcohol users rather than put them in the penitentiary. The view...
an overseeing entity be in place that looks out for the interest of those that cannot look out for themselves....
more quickly than that (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). The most negative aspect of cocaine use is of course the possibility o...
harm in which a child sustains physical damage and emotional harm in which the charge is endangered psychologically. This harm ca...
two of which occurred while she was incarcerated (Ackerman, 2004). Psychiatric patients are forbidden to engage in sex, "but San...
the issues, and potential solutions, for domestic violence more understandable. These methodologies are only applicable, however,...
told repeatedly that one is "stupid" or "lazy" or "useless." Children internalize this message and consider themselves to be all t...
of such states as Montana (Anonymous, 2005), Rhode Island (Roman, 2006) as well as Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Ne...
author Nick Davies investigates the problems of drug abuse in Britains largest cities. The slums, ghettos, and red-light areas he...
1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...
(physical, sexual, and emotional), neglect (physical, medical, and educational), abandonment, and multiple maltreatments that enco...
that occurred in New York, before laws were implemented to take care of these harsh conditions. What is not widely reported is the...
6 felony. Signed by former Governor Jane Dee Hull on May 4, 1999, the law gave animal protection agencies the legal teeth it need...
the child is going to avert further physical and/or emotional battering. It stands to reason that children who are forced to endu...
in the abuse at Abu Ghraib. Although attempts have been made to blame this abuse on "low-level personnel" at the facility rather ...
states, "The queen, for her part, is the unifying force of the community; if she is removed from the hive, the workers very quickl...
haven for crime, violence and poverty. The inner cities of one city are no different than the inner cities anywhere else around t...
fiction? Before examining this issue in greater detail, it should be noted that scientific research oftentimes classifies any ins...