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Child abuse can be either an act of commission or omission (Nester, 1998). It can take the form of physical abuse, emotional abus...

The use of psychological knowledge in the courtroom, however, is becoming somewhat more common, even though physical knowledge, or...

are likely committing such acts with the perpetrator out of imposed fear. Part of the coercion is likely based on verbally listed ...

mourning (Browne, 2002). The basics are supported by numerous secondary sources, however the study is undertaken as a qualitative ...

question whether that is the case or not, because that will be all he has ever been exposed to. As he grows to realize it is his ...

barely notices when Florence enters the room. Dickens writes "They had been married ten years, and until this present day ...(they...

addition to the alcoholism. She is a compulsive shopper and gambler. One of her twin daughters, Sarah, is pregnant and claims that...

little intrinsic value in society. No one would trust anyone else. A degree of trust is necessary in order to keep anarchy at bay....

with the humiliation and grief typically associated with child abuse. Indeed, children have no fewer rights than their adult coun...

insomnia, eating disorders, headaches, TMJ, asthma, self-mutilation or self-harming behaviors, and chronic physical complaints(Bac...

if the child in question has been the victim themselves and in such cases recommends a course of treatment rather than incarcerati...

The booklet, "About Disciplining Your Child," provides an overview for parents of what constitutes appropriate disciplinary measur...

to as nuclear family emotional systems. According to this concept, the family acts as a "unitary whole," which is affected by two...

as theyre treated" (Burns, 2003). Human behavior is a complicated and curious equation. The answer to why a particular rea...

display in addition to the emotional trauma which remains long after the abuse has ended and the scars have healed. Children who h...

children of alcoholics are more likely to experiment with alcohol at earlier ages than other children (Vail-Smith and Knight, 1994...

policy," with the goal of leveling out the population at 1.2 billion by the year 2000, and then bringing it down to 700 million ov...

to mothers drowning their own children for convenience. Society must care for its children. There is a need for the government ...

It has always been the case that as immigrant communities progress through subsequent generations, they demonstrate a greater degr...

As a result, art therapy may be use in evaluating whether a child who has been sexually abused has formed a normative view of sexu...

example offered by Rubin and Babbie concerns an hypothesis that proposes that clients are more satisfied when a written contract i...

the Department of Social Services (DSS) as a means by which to circumvent further physical and emotional destruction is imperative...

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

improving social welfare, social workers can work in a variety of different arenas and industries. For instance, some go into coun...

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

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

there is an argument among sociologists as to whether a "weak" or "strong" reading of the stance of claims-makers is more effectiv...

set down for them without making any fuss. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen, authors of Writing and Reading Across the Curri...

After putting a name and a face on the social issue of child abuse, and considering the dilemma of the social worker who seeks to ...

games are encouraging violent aggression in young people. Should video game designers act in a manner that is socially responsibl...