Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home is an investigative documentary that gives us the untold story of the homeless and disadvantaged living on Skid Row. Skid Row is a name given to fifty blocks radius in Downtown Los Angeles whose residents tends to have a lower income or are homeless. Many people view the homeless as being dirty, poor and even lazy; it is very rare that we wonder why how they came to be in such a predicament. For many on Skid Row their battles are mental illness and grave poverty. The documentary introduces us to eight different but very similar individuals living on Skid Row; they tell us their very different stories and then explain their similar experiences living on Skid Row. We meet a transgender Caucasian male, an African- American mother of three, an old Caucasian female and her African American “fiancé”, they all suffer from mental illness in one form or the other and there is even an ex Olympian who battled through substance abuse. The only difference between these people and us are certain circumstances and situations. The film just sheds light and gives understanding to the fact that yes they are homeless, yes they lie in the street but they are people just like me and you. Watching this film had me literally questioning why we are socialized to believe being homeless is demeaning and a social taboo.…
Just like most civilized people I dislike bugs. Actually I really hate them! Just thinking about them gets me all itchy and uncomfortable, and yet one summer evening I would find myself sticking my hands right into their dark slimy lair. I swear God has a weird sense of humor at times. But I guess he knew me well enough to know that I hate dead kittens more than those nasty creepy crawly slimy BUGS! This is my story about the night I became a life saver and was able to overcome my fear of creepy nasty bugs….at least for a few minutes.…
The idea that no matter where you start in life you have opportunity to work hard and gain…
Abuse, defined by the department of health is described as “a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights by any other person or persons” and those most at risk are described as ‘vulnerable adults’. A vulnerable adult would be someone who is unable to defend themselves or understand what is going on due to having cognitive or physical disabilities, frail older adults, substance abusers and more.…
Bullying is not an action we wish to see or experience. Girl-to-girl bullying is not wished upon as well, especially when you are apart of it. Since the beginning of my school education I seemed to become a magnet of bullies. In elementary school, I tried to be helpful towards others. I assisted with homework, cleaned up after activities, and I even did most of the work in group projects because the other kids groaned and complained about it. Unfortunately, due to my acts of being helpful I was called, "dog" by the girls who wore nicer clothes than I did. That nickname stuck around until 4th grade because of the fact I'd listen to anyone who'd ask for help. I was even called, "Heavy" as a supposed nickname for "Heaven" when it has been to call me fat. Around 5th grade,…
In 1983, I was hanging out with some friends one night in the parking lot of a private owner’s convenience store. I went in the store to make a purchase and I felt that he cheated me. So, we had a couple of words and then my friends came in the store at that time we decided to take the money back from the store owner. At the time, it was happening the police arrived and we ran. The next day I was arrested for robbery. I later went to court and plead guilty because I was wrong and should have known better.…
The never-ending cycle of abuse rotates through a person's life in multiple ways. When a child is abused, they learn to accept it which can affect their entire life. These children grow up to become either the abused or the abuser which is witnessed as family violence if there are children in the household. In the case of Stark and Flitcraft, it is said "...men who batter their wives are likely to assault their children..."(Stark and Flitcraft, 1988). This violent cycle rotates through many lives and most of the time, there is no one to break the cycle. As stated by Child Protective Services, "...In 2005, an estimated 3.3 million referrals of child abuse and neglect were received. 899,000 cases were confirmed..."( CPS, American Humane…
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Name-calling, humiliation, low self worth, and manipulation are the types of behaviors that defined emotional abuse. Emotional abuse can cause someone to feel worthless, common example is is verbal assaults. The abusers can say things that would slur, humiliate, or cause their victims to doubt themselves . Isolation is another form of emotional abuse. Isolation is when abusers control every aspect of victim’s lives to the point where they cannot do anything. . The cycle of violence will starts to abuse according to Smith and Segal (2010). The cycle begins of abuse when the perpetrator displays violent action. Guilt is displayed when the abusers acknowledge what they have done but worries about what happens after the violent act has taken place.…
He stood up and pointed a gun at her. We quickly pulled out of the parking lot and my mom finally made the decision that she had enough of his abuse. She filed for divorce. After a lengthy restraining order and many nights hiding from him, the court date arrived. My mom and I entered the courthouse to finalize the documents. The elevator opened and I saw his face for the last time. My prayers had been answered! He left us alone from that day forward. We were finally free. Very soon after, my mom met my step father Jerry. He literally felt that my mom hung the moon. He treated me like I was his daughter. He was loving and kind to both of my siblings. He worked hard to earn my moms trust. She finally married him after several years. Things were…
Recent periods of social progress and development have seen many concepts and constructs receive widespread attention to what can be described as negative behaviours and one concept and area in particular to receive this attention is abuse. Any response to find a solution to a problem whilst remaining effective and appropriate can experience various complications as there can be an inability to provide a clear and detailed definition of what it actually constitutes, provision of evidence that remains compelling and substantial and taking on board the cultural, social and political considerations and factors that are relevant to the society pertinent to the discussion will receive complications. This lack of clearness in its debate has led to the development of additional descriptions alongside abuse such as psychological maltreatment (Garbino, Guttman&Seeley, 1986), further confusing the issue and its resolution but in spite of this confusion their has been much learned from what attempts have been made in the exploration and analysis of abuse and this discussion will try to identify different types of abuse,expain why particular groups or individuals may be vulnerable ,its differing contexts,risk factors associated and ensure the impact of cultural and social factors on the range of abuse is analysed thoroughly.…
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In American society today we fail to address several issues that need to be addressed. Unfortunately, child abuse is one of the major issues that our country is plagued with, yet we neglect to bring this to the attention of the entire nation. It is often over looked because everyone has a different view of what exactly defines child abuse. The International Child Abuse Network (ICAN) uses four basis catigories to docunment the child abuse cases. They are: emotional abuse, neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. I will be describing the first three.…
1. Physical abuse – This is causing someone physical harm, for example hitting, pushing, slapping, kicking etc.…
Child abuse is the controlled acts that result in the physical or emotional damage of children. The term ?child abuse? covers different ranges of behavior, from physical assault by parents or gaurdians to neglecting a child. Child abuse is wrong and God didn?t create children for adults to abuse. They are blessings, not burdens. There is child abuse in the world because of ignorant people who want to feel powerful, so they beat on little kids and these kids think that violence against children is okay because their parents did it to them. They learn the wrong ways to parent a child, and this has to stop. It?s destroying our country.…