SEARCH RESULTS

children of alcoholics are more likely to experiment with alcohol at earlier ages than other children (Vail-Smith and Knight, 1994...

display in addition to the emotional trauma which remains long after the abuse has ended and the scars have healed. Children who h...

little intrinsic value in society. No one would trust anyone else. A degree of trust is necessary in order to keep anarchy at bay....

Child abuse can be either an act of commission or omission (Nester, 1998). It can take the form of physical abuse, emotional abus...

The use of psychological knowledge in the courtroom, however, is becoming somewhat more common, even though physical knowledge, or...

Journal of Psychohistory, deMauses story tells a story of thousands of years of crimes against children, ranging from infanticide ...

study and instead went to see a movie or went out with friends all weekend. Thus he has provided himself with an excuse that is ex...

to what happened and why Kaylas case fell through the cracks, it is only through a thorough analysis of the situation, and the eff...

of children, adolescents and adults at the same time. In setting up the research, the researcher would need to pinpoint subjects i...

In twelve pages the cyclic nature of child abuse is examined in terms of causes, influences, prevention, and treatment with UK and...

perpetuate certain undesirable behavior patterns. Physical abuse can kill, and has. Some abusive parents have been responsible for...

In eight pages this research paper discusses how child abuse can be prevented through the use of the FDCS human service system in ...

with the humiliation and grief typically associated with child abuse. Indeed, children have no fewer rights than their adult coun...

The argument was that childrens safety was usually - although not always - largely dependent on their mothers"(Schechter, 2002). ...

mourning (Browne, 2002). The basics are supported by numerous secondary sources, however the study is undertaken as a qualitative ...

question whether that is the case or not, because that will be all he has ever been exposed to. As he grows to realize it is his ...

told repeatedly that one is "stupid" or "lazy" or "useless." Children internalize this message and consider themselves to be all t...

and poverty has been established for many years, and it may be argued that it is the less well-off social classes children will al...

(Nester, 1998). The physical harm a child incurs as a result of child abuse, of course, is inextricably coupled with the...

toward personal rights the Warren Court upheld was met with great consternation by conservatives who believed the Supreme Court ju...

harm in which a child sustains physical damage and emotional harm in which the charge is endangered psychologically. This harm ca...

include intra-psychic, interpersonal and social factors. Stack (145) is just one researcher to investigate the effects of modern...

that other psychological associations would do well to emulate. For example, it provides a student for decision-making that Canadi...

In seven pages child abuse is examined through a sociological assessment of its root causes. Five sources are cited in the biblio...

(Jacobs, 1997). It was founded by the Quakers and came about because of the concern regarding the conditions of the prisons (Jacob...

forms of physical discipline and actual full-blown abuse (Gullatt, 1999). Twenty-six states have prohibitions against corporal pun...

and bravery and excitement. They beg for it many times as they beg to be spun like an airplane or hung upside down. They trust the...

these characteristics are the fact that women tend to bond more strongly with children then men do; they tend to prefer "older and...

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...

myriad of ways. For example, someone might become "street wise" and make sure their pocketbook is held tightly. They can continual...