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abuse, what it is, the causes, the apparent cyclic behaviour and the way that it may be prevented. Early studies indicated that ab...

Drug use is common among teens today, and most say "pressure usually is the reason for their usage" (Teenage drug abuse, 2004). If...

Being a temporary mood lifter, marijuana actually creates even more of a problem for someone experiencing the throes of major depr...

the face of her addiction (Simon, 1994). No matter what he does its wrong "because of Alices defensiveness, which perceives concer...

Further, there are some instances that the government would label practices as being fraudulent when they are not, or are fraudule...

easily overlooked by hospital personnel or other clinicians. Women both "initiate and reciprocate violence" (Lawson, 2003, p. 19...

This 10-page paper focuses on the development and running of a substance abuse agency in upstate New York. Topics include organiza...

years, but it is difficult due to the different methodologies employed. What seems to be the case is that it is not easy to know h...

more male victims than non-clerical abusers. The fact that clerics had a lower offense rate in general suggests to the authors tha...

they are addicted and also when they feel that they cannot deal with the problems in life without the drug(Mayo Clinic Staff). W...

2009"). In responding to the crisis, the city government has not recognized the way in which "policies, and structural factors hav...

setting so that it, too, reveals the contours of life instead of appearing as flat as the printed page. Lisa Brassard Mayer was n...

penalties for the abuse. In too many cases involving traditional native peoples, however, this also means that the victim is sepa...

In thirty pages this paper discusses physical, sexual, and verbal spousal abuse in America and then considers its impact upon Las ...

Spousal abuse -- which is defined as "a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors including physical, sexual, and psychological...

to criminal issues were not sufficient to address computer fraud. To an extent, wire and mail fraud issues were addressed in the p...

often likely to downplay the violence they are experiencing, even to doctors and health professionals (Dickson, 2004). It ...

In ten pages this study examines intimate relationships and the incidence of psychological abuse and includes causes, abuser trait...

year in the United States there are hundreds of thousands of children who are abused (Hwang 1999). A recent issue of JAMA reporte...

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

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

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

This 4 page paper offers a sample structured therapy case with assessment/evaluation, background, and treatment plan for a boy suf...

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

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

paper properly! While two million older adults are abused in America each year, only 2% of these cases are reported by phy...

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

families, something unheard of in the past. Also, the dual career couple is the primary family working pattern today (Elloy & Flyn...

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

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