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fiction? Before examining this issue in greater detail, it should be noted that scientific research oftentimes classifies any ins...

that within a group there exists "the possibility for a contagion of emotional and irrational thoughts and behavior which causes a...

by using standard PTSD models there is a limiting of the understanding of the conditions that are suffered and that there is the ...

In 1997 it is estimated the pressure ulcers cost the Australian healthcare system A$350 million and with patients that develop ulc...

on the TV screen" (Levin and Carlsson-Paige, 2003,. P. 427). Violence also exists on other forms of media. Browne and Hamilton-G...

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

was in difficulties. This gave an effective reason for the change to take place and meant one of the main barriers to change was o...

comes to witnessing violence, there is a fear that the exposure to such things is enough to trigger violent behavior. In some inst...

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 ...

adult fails to provide a child "with the basic needs and supervision to live a healthy and happy life" (Harris, 2007). Of the 1,49...

the formative years, this search most often leads to a superficial fix time and time again due to the individuals volatile, unpred...

the media" (Fowles, 2001). Why is TV a stand-in for the other problems, and what are those problems? The reason TV makes such a g...

as Community Health personnel and teachers to report suspected abuse. Children continue to be abused and to suffer the impacts of...

its entire economic status into a tailspin, ultimately threatening the worlds economy, as well.2 The most prominent forewarning o...

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

is considered to be one of the most important parts of intelligence." Contrary to this viewpoint is the majority who claim ...

But in fiction it sometimes finds fuller expression than it does as a headline. This paper explores the concept of violence as it ...

of fiction. But in fiction it sometimes finds fuller expression than it does as a headline. This paper explores the concept of vio...

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

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

pay. They also face other issues such as family violence, racism and child welfare; and they deal with these issues within the con...

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

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

the IG or CG groups. Consent forms were completed at each interview, which were conducted by undergraduate interviewers, who were ...

2008). Nevertheless, it is widely acknowledged that using testing measures to screen for depression is beneficial, as this identif...

The physical class of learning is self descriptive, this is where the student will learn from physical experiences that they under...

of women include cosmetics, clothes, anything having to do with food preparation or childrearing. Products sold using images of me...

for boyish, flat-chested women with no hips.) Leaving that aside, what does this image say to young American women? It says that ...

application, which refers to gaining a deep enough understanding to apply the information in abstract settings; analysis when the ...

Ann Beard, in her essay The Fourth State of Matter, illustrates how a young man, Gang Lu, becamse so disgruntled with life and wit...