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Crime and Drug Abuse

and booked for larceny or theft; more than 14 times more likely to be arrested and booked for such offenses as driving under the i...

The Elderly Population and Substance Abuse

not as healthy as those of younger adults. Metabolism changes and older individuals cannot handle alcohol in he same way as their ...

Problems with Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly

paper properly! While two million older adults are abused in America each year, only 2% of these cases are reported by phy...

Stressors in Organizations: Coping Strategies and the Abuse of Power

United States Army (or any military institution for that matter) involves a great deal of stress. The stress in these positions co...

Abuse in Childhood, Abusers as Adults

raised in an atmosphere of domestic violence. When they see a parent beaten by the spouse, they accept this as normal and may cont...

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...

Nursing Homes and Abuse of the Elderly

over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...

Substance Abuse and Teenagers

ones life when one experiences an abundance of hostility from external sources, it is during ones formative teenage years; as such...

Counseling and Treatment for Substance Abuse

with medications which offer help in suppressing the craving and withdrawal symptoms associated with blocking the effects of the d...

Teenagers and Drug Abuse from a Social Perspective

associated with drug abuse can indeed be quite severe. In "Antisocial Behavior by Young People : A Major New Review" authors Mich...

A Shelter for Drug Abusing Pregnant Teens Proposal

In the end, with help from a facility, it is hoped that such girls will be able to get on their own two feet and also be able to m...

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...

Women with a Victimization History and Drug Abuse Treatment Management

the phenomena" (Conceptual Framework). The researcher might also choose to use in depth interviews and face-to-face conversation ...

Eighth Annual Prevent Child Abuse Illinois

The booklet, "About Disciplining Your Child," provides an overview for parents of what constitutes appropriate disciplinary measur...

Impact of Domestic Abuse on Children's Mental Health

delving into the familial structure. Inasmuch as social behavior is fundamentally based upon the "origins in the family" (Appel, ...

4 Major Child Abuse Types, Treatment, Prevention, and Statistics

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

Children and the Impact of Substance Abuse

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

Older Adults and Substance Abuse

B. Abuse of illicit drugs increasing among seniors. C. Prescription drugs. 1. Seniors take many more drugs than younger adults. 2....

Public Service Campaign on Drug Abuse

but they are not unreachable if the firm does their homework. Sixteen to twenty-five year olds will not respond, research has show...

Nursing Homes and Elderly Abuse

report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...

Abused Child Florence in Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son

barely notices when Florence enters the room. Dickens writes "They had been married ten years, and until this present day ...(they...

Global Abuses of Human Rights

power had been granted. This resulted in a cross cultural conflict. The manifestation may be seen the way that the Palestinians ar...

Assessment of Domestic Abuse

as many as was reported in 1980, reflects a disturbing trend toward uncontrolled acts of domestic violence (Leigh et al, 1995). E...

Propaganda and Information Age Abuses

for all of that, the country was restless. This laid the foundation for Fidel Castro to sweep into the capital city, execute nearl...

Ethnicity and Substance Abuse

Perspective, 2002). These substances can include alcohol, sedatives, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, c...

Alcohol Abuse and Women

interviewed more than 40 recovered and active alcoholic women across the United States: young, old; black, white; sisters, mothers...

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...

Analyzing On the Use and Abuse of History for Life by Friedrich Nietzsche

for Life," commenting that ...we must seriously despise instruction without vitality, knowledge which enervates activity, and his...

America and Child Abuse

to mothers drowning their own children for convenience. Society must care for its children. There is a need for the government ...