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Shelters for Battered Women

Shelters for women who have been abused is the focus of this paper as is domestic violence in a general sense. How battered women ...

Identity and Adolescent Development

In this paper consisting of ten pages the importance of developing an identity during adolescence and the influences of peers as w...

DSM IV, Alcohol Abuse, and Family Effects of Diagnosis

In this paper consisting of six pages the DSM IV's role in both diagnosing and treating alcohol abuse in terms of the alcoholics a...

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...

Explaining the Increase in Marijuana Use

is a part and parcel of a recent fashion trend along with fuzzy lamps and tie-dyed tee shirts. Everyone sporting a hat with a leaf...

Grounded Theory Applied to Sexual Abuse

Grounded theory is driven by observation and analysis of data collected in the natural environment of the subject. Morrow and S...

Newspaper Editorial Evaluation

In five pages a September 9, 1998 editorial featured in The Arizona Republic involving a wife's efforts to protect her daughter wh...

Checks, Balances, and the US Federal Government's Executive Branch

as the man in the White House was to be under control and working in a particular paradigm set up by the Constitution. How can the...

Poverty, African Americans, and Substance Abuse

In nine pages this paper discusses the connection between poverty, African Americans, and substance abuse in a consideration that ...

Adolescent Treatment of Substance Abuse

In five pages this paper incorporates sections from the KTadldrg.wps paper file and briefly describes Mount Freedom, New Jersey's ...

Cinematic Portrayals of Human Rights Offenses

In five pages this paper examines how public awareness of human rights' offenses was heightened by the shocking abuses featured in...

Impact of Child Abuse

In ten pages child abuse and its social implications are described in terms of its different forms which also considers a communit...

Methamphetamines

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

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...

The Adult Children of Alcoholics

abuse; depression, or post- traumatic stress syndrome. It is not necessary to diagnose your parent. Alcohol disrupts the consisten...

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...

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. ...

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...

Divorce and its Causes

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

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...

Female Gangs; Social and Historical CausesGirl Gangs, Historical and Social Causes

This paper examines the reality of female gangs. The author addresses social and historical reasons for their inception, as well ...

Political Philosophy Debate on the Abuse of Authority

In this paper consisting of seven pages a better understanding of such abuses as Amadou Diallo's murder by NYPD officers is provid...

Female Sex Offenders and the Prison Environment

the number of suspected incidents of child abuse and neglect topped 1.9 million cases; by 1994, over 3.1 million children were rep...

History of Child Abuse 3

In eight pages child abuse is examined in terms of legal definition, history, social occurrence based on statistics, treatment, an...

1600s to 1900s Women in America

This paper examines this time period in terms of women with such topics as sexuality, domesticity, religion, crime, and substance ...

Fighting Child Abuse Proposal

p. 1) child abuse complaints. Child abuse is a significant problem in America today. In 1996 alone, there were 969,000 (Hewitt ...

A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer

In five pages this research paper examines Pelzer's account of his horrific childhood with an application of current theory on fam...

The Harmful Physical Effects of Sustance Abuse and Alcohol

It is approximately 6 to 13 percent now (PG). Some samples that have been seized are even higher. It takes less of the more pote...

Emotional Aspects of Child Abuse

In five pages Sigmund Freud's and Erik Erikson's theories are examined within the context of child abuse and its emotional repercu...

Economic Sanctions and How They Are Used

In five pages this paper discusses how economic sanctions can be applied in international situations involving nuclear proliferati...