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

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

agreement -- why should the whistle blowers? This is precisely how the handful of individuals felt when they learned their corpor...

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

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

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

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...

Alcohol poses a direct risk as a result of the physical impact it has on the body. The use of alcohol is often seen as a social ...

This essay presents the argument that Frankenstein's monster in Mary Shelley's novel is a sympathetic, sensitive character who is ...

were perceived and what sort of behavior was considered appropriate in regards to children has changed considerably over the cours...

In a paper of five pages, the author reflects on an APA formatted research study on the impacts of child sexual abuse on girls and...

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

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

addition to the alcoholism. She is a compulsive shopper and gambler. One of her twin daughters, Sarah, is pregnant and claims that...

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...

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

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

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

in quelling situations of domestic violence and child abuse. II. Domestic Violence Domestic violence is a serious problem an...

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...

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 ...

the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...

are likely committing such acts with the perpetrator out of imposed fear. Part of the coercion is likely based on verbally listed ...

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

insomnia, eating disorders, headaches, TMJ, asthma, self-mutilation or self-harming behaviors, and chronic physical complaints(Bac...