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Impact of Poverty in the United States

Poverty is widespread in rural counties without economic bases. There are also 625 counties in the US where poverty and wealth are...

Social and Domestic Abuse in Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence

-- and did his society support his right to do so? In order to answer this question, we need to look at the background of Chinese...

Pregnant Adolescent Minorities and the Treatment and Prevention of Substance Abuse

think, to work on this area. For example, a counselor discovers that because of a childhood trauma, she has an unreasonable dislik...

Critique of a Journal Article on Ethnic Disparities Regarding Treatment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues

measuring device is used, there is less need for the student to discuss the reliability and accuracy of the instruments. Statisti...

Drug Problems as a Social Construct

life-threatening..." (Merta, 2001, p.1). In Time magazine, Lopez (1999) reports on one police officers journey through the drug c...

Instances of Abuse in The Mushkegowuk Cree of Fort Albany, Ontario and Canada's Aboriginal Residential Schools

only be accused of hundreds of cases of physical and sexual abuse but was also known for its use of a home-made electric chair wit...

Substance Abuse Agency and Management Theory

has been stable at about 12 percent of the total population for decades, but it is now growing through immigration. The fastest-g...

UK's ECE Politics and Policy

by the family after the family attacked a hospital patient. Batty (2002) provides a timeline of child protection legislatio...

Alec and Angel's Abuse of Tess in Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

was no more than the commonest feller in the parish... and how long hev this news about me been knowed, Pason Tringham?" (Hardy, 1...

The Protection of Human Rights in the UK

when an examination is undertaken of the way in which human rights are protected, the value of independent organisations such as A...

Familial Substance and Physical Abuse

In seven pages this paper examines family dysfunction and how it influences violent behavior and substance abuse. There is includ...

Substance Abuse and Emile Durkheim's Social Theories

a biological entity" (Coser, 1977, p. 129). These factors which are external to the individual outlast individuals who die over ti...

A Rehabilitation Program Evaluation

would relapse into drug use within the first three months after completion. More than likely, the number would be closer to 8 out ...

Alcohol Abuse Among College Students and Risk Factors

fraternity or sorority is already biologically or psychosocially geared toward alcohol abuse, then this simply strikes a match to ...

Pregnant Women's Rights and Fetuses' Rights

In five pages this paper discusses the abuse of drugs in this consideration of pregnant women's rights versus the rights of the fe...

Anorexia and Sexual Abuse

they have eaten. The problem is that their body image is not realistic and many people who suffer from this may get to a point whe...

Women's Rights and Latin America

fact, Caulfield goes into an extensive and exhaustive couple of chapters on the constant parade of litigations against men who had...

Enron and the 2002 Sarbanes Oxley Act

audit functions were in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), hiding debt in dummy corporations, as wel...

Drug Abuse and the Views of Saint Augustine, Aristotle, and Plato

In 10 pages this paper considers how these philosophers would view the contemporary problem of drug abuse. There are 7 sources ci...

Methamphetamines

been increased clandestine production. Abusers are predominantly White, lower middle- income, high-school educated, young adults ...

United Kingdom and United States' Treatments for Substance Abuse

In six pages this paper considers substance abuse treatment options in these countries with the workplace setting the primary focu...

The Expensiveness, Seriousness, and Commonality of Alcoholism

the social costs." The remedy has been to treat the victims of alcohol abuse rather than to challenge the strong economic and poli...

Elderly Abuse in Nursing Homes and Detection

In five pages detecting and preventing elderly abuse in nursing homes are considered in a top down healthcare model examination. ...

Abused Females Who Kill

In twenty pages the act of abused women killing their abusers are discussed within a socioeconomic context and a notable correlati...

Divorce and its Causes

In ten pages this paper examines physical and substance abuse and infidelity as cause of married couples getting divorced. There ...

Institutional Neglect and Abuse of Senior Citizens

A paper containing twenty six pages discusses how senior citizens can be neglected and abused in institutional settings and examin...

Domestic Violence as a Social Problem

Domestic abuse and its biological and psychosocial factors are the focus of this paper consisting of eight pages. Ten sources are...

Substance Abuse and AIDS Correlation

In six pages the relationship between substance abuse, particularly heroin, and AIDS is discussed and AIDS' effects on intravenous...

Attachment Theories Explained

In a paper consisting of seven pages the attachment theories according to Bronfenbrenner, Rutter, Ainsworth, and Bowlby are explai...

The Field of Forensic Nursing

This paper addresses the new and growing field of forensic nursing. The author contends that forensic nursing is a necessity in t...