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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...
1879, closely followed by the Johns Hopkins University in the US in 1883. in 1890 James Cattell developed psychological tests, dev...
"chronic, heavy drinking" (Enoch and Goldman, 2002, p. 192). According to government standards, a woman is at-risk for heavy drink...
a nurse to determine which elderly patients are being abused because a sense of shame or a desire to protect the family member who...
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 ...
2004). Schedule II drugs, in comparison are not allowed to be refilled and: "are...
to the specifics of the abuse. Denov (2004), for example, reports that the long term impacts of sexual abuse in children include ...
in the testimony that is presented and many of these cases illuminate the inconsistencies and short comings that exist within the ...
context notes the need for investigative teams to help differentiate whether abuse and/or neglect served as a direct cause of deat...
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...
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...
results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...
juice etc. This mixture of yeast and juice is left to ferment for several weeks in a container that does not allow air to enter, ...
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,...
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...
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...
author Nick Davies investigates the problems of drug abuse in Britains largest cities. The slums, ghettos, and red-light areas he...
relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...
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...
1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...