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sometimes illusive. Generally, the characterization of elder abuse is that it does occur in the United States and while hard to de...

setting so that it, too, reveals the contours of life instead of appearing as flat as the printed page. Lisa Brassard Mayer was n...

penalties for the abuse. In too many cases involving traditional native peoples, however, this also means that the victim is sepa...

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

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

often likely to downplay the violence they are experiencing, even to doctors and health professionals (Dickson, 2004). It ...

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

In ten pages this study examines intimate relationships and the incidence of psychological abuse and includes causes, abuser trait...

they are addicted and also when they feel that they cannot deal with the problems in life without the drug(Mayo Clinic Staff). W...

and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...

Spousal abuse -- which is defined as "a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors including physical, sexual, and psychological...

to criminal issues were not sufficient to address computer fraud. To an extent, wire and mail fraud issues were addressed in the p...

years, but it is difficult due to the different methodologies employed. What seems to be the case is that it is not easy to know h...

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

difference plays a part in substance use and abuse. In other words, females are more inclined to be judged by their peers and pare...

only be achieved when the contracting parties could not take advantage of one another. In cases of domestic violence, however, th...

The human rights abuse is discussed in depth. The concept is supported with quantitative research. There are twelve sources listed...

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

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

Safe and secure housing is but one of many rights withheld from those whose circumstances – whether through mental illness, financ...

or she does)" (Elder abuse and neglect, 2007). Abuse may also take the form of financial exploitation, when the caregiver steals f...

Unfortunately, discrimination and...

any demographic characteristics. Considering these principles from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the fact that drug a...

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

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...

Spousal violence has a history that stretches back to mankinds earliest chapters on earth. This...

were expected to endure within the confines of matrimony is now considered nothing short of abuse. That victims of domestic viole...

students of history shudder to read the horrible human rights abuses that were inflicted upon slaves in the antebellum South. Howe...

In a paper of five pages, the writer discusses abuse in a family situation, its origins, prevalence and ramifications. The writer ...

as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...