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Gays, Lesbians, and Domestic Violence

become intimate with other men, and found himself in trouble, that it sparked her interest (McClennen, 2003). It seems that while ...

Domestic Violence When Men Are the Victims and Women Are the Abusers

from emotional abuse to severe physical abuse. Domestic violence is an all too frequent occurrence in modern society. The ...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Family Culture of Violence

in the educational setting. The introduction outlines the problem, existing research and the underlying purpose of the study, to ...

Children Exposed to Domestic Violence and Group Intervention

as one of the manifestations domestic violence in the child that has witnessed that violence. She points out that PTSD is now:...

A Criminology Overview

(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...

United Kingdom and the Effects of Domestic Violence on Women and Children

who is over the age of sixteen at the time the violence takes place. Children are defined as individuals under the age of 18 who a...

Gendered Issue of Domestic Violence

independence and her equal partnership in marriage, is very much the exception rather than the rule. For the most part, women were...

Domestic Violence and Children's Counseling

in the house? 5. Has your partner or child ever threatened or hurt any of the pets? 6. Are there any guns in your house? (Siegel, ...

Murder and the Dark Side of Domestic Violence

Through various case studies, Schechter found that many women were hesitant about coming forward to name their abusers, because th...

Domestic Violence Case Study

in her lifetime (1998). While there are some cases of abuse against men, for the most part, the women are the partners at risk. Th...

Health Assessment for Australian Family

"Children must come first in social policies and the allocation of social resources, children must come first in the words and dee...

Canadian Women and Domestic Violence

General Social Survey Microdata file from Statistics Canada indicates how 8.7% of women reported various levels of violence within...

The Many Impacts of Domestic Violence

issues (Young, 2001). Many have multiple problems. Gahr (2001) explains that "juvenile crime is decreasing in some categories--li...

Anna Fogerty Case and Massachusetts 209A Protective Order

rights. This qualitative study of the issues applies the concept of government and neoinstitutionalism to one application ...

Examination of Domestic Violence

establish partnerships with lawmakers that resulted in criminal justice reform and the establishment of womens shelters. However, ...

Nursing Theory and the Importance of Domestic Violence Screening and Intervention

Although the nursing professions is just now beginning to become more aware of the need for this type of approach it was first int...

Summary of John Ashcroft's Consideration of Granting Abused Women Asylum

she were to return to her native Togo her clitoris would be cut off(Swarns 2004). Lastly, there is the case of Mrs. Alvarado who i...

Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement

In fourteen pages this paper examines domestic violence, law enforcement, and the various conditions and issues pertaining to them...

India Honor Crimes and U.S. Domestic Violence

pp. 96-97) and the likelihood she will endure some level of domestic abuse. In association with this finding, it has come to ligh...

Immigrant Social Workers and Domestic Violence Implications

result in stressful family conflicts over role expectations and individual behaviors" (Bhattacharya, 2002; p. 175). Acevedo...

Domestic Violence and its Societal Impact

hesitant about coming forward to name their abusers, because the system did not seem to either believe them about the scope of the...

Domestic Violence, Policing, and Feminist Response in the UK

define as well as measure. Violence and abuse is a wide ranging topic, physical violence may be seen as usually assumed to be in...

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...

Contemporary Applications of the Deliberative Nursing Theory of Jean Orlando

therefore, not only an extensive history but it can be contended to be just as applicable in todays nursing practice as it was whe...

Courtroom and the Importance of Psychological Knowledge

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

Family Violence and Nursing Intervention

positive effect in preventing future incidence of violence (Willson, McFarlane, Lemmey and Malecha, 2001), even when other referra...

Criminal Justice Issues

effect of showing mercy to the Manson murderers when they exhibited no mercy towards their innocent victims. According to Charlo...

Law, Policy, Research and Results in Domestic Violence

the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon (Section 922 (g)[9])" (Federal Domestic Violen...

Health Care Communication

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

FreshStart for Women

children. Domestic Violence in America Domestic violence appears to be increasing. Whether that is actually the case is no...