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    Child Abuse

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    on an issue that is slowly making our society hollow and will cause a major collapse of all value systems if timely action is not taken. It can be very difficult to talk about child abuse or more specifically child sexual abuse‚ which we are discussing today‚ and even more difficult to acknowledge that sexual abuse of children of all ages including infants happens every day. This has become the subject of great community concern and the focus of many legislative and professional initiatives.

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    Evidence Of Abuse

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    Evidence of abuse is important so it needs to be preserved‚ this can be done in a variety of different ways. You can preserve evidence by only touching things you need to‚ securing all evidence somewhere it can not be tampered with by anyone‚ keeping logs of all conversations involving the abuse and keeping all relevant people up to date with details as often as possible‚ also taking photographs is a good way of preserving evidence. However the best way to preserve evidence is to inform the relevant

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    Drug Abuse

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    Drug abuse is the type of problem that affects more that the person who is abusing the drug. It is a far-reaching issue that has stretched out to families around the country. There are many different threats in states like Colorado caused it. Between the years of 1996 and 2000 Denver police offers made twice the national average of arrests due to drug abuse. This is a problem that cannot be ignored. People in this category find themselves addicted to either illicit drugs or prescription medications

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    Animal Abuse When he was only ten weeks old Oogy the dog was tied to a stake and used as bait to train fighting dogs . A pitbul came and tore most of his ear off and crushed part of his jaw. Oogy was left to bleed nearly to death until the police came to rescue him‚ he was nursed back to health. The Levins met Oogy when they brought their 17-year-old cat in for his final visit. The puppy was delighted to recive kisses and love from the Levins and soon enough the Levins took Oogy home. Animal

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    The Abuse of Meth

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    Araceli Quintero English 255 March 21‚ 2013 Crystal Meth Can Destroy Families Introduction The abuse of Crystal Meth is a serious problem that it doesn’t only affect the person abusing the drug but it can affect the family. Some people really don’t know the big problem of Crystal Meth. Some people choose to use Crystal Meth for so many reasons. In order for people to better understand the use of Crystal Meth this paper is going to give you a description of what is Crystal Meth and the effects

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    Hazardous substances and dangerous goods Home » Hazards / Risks » Hazardous substances and dangerous goods Hazardous substances are chemicals that can harm human health. While it might be obvious that some substances‚ such as acids or poisons‚ can cause harm‚ some health effects may not be so readily apparent. For example‚ in some cases dusts or vapours can also be hazardous substances. Substances that cause skin irritation‚ allergies‚ cancer‚ birth defects‚ genetic mutations‚ and other health effects

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    Child Abuse

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    2303 18 June 2013 Child Abuse Introduction I. The National Child Abuse Statistics stated that every six hours a child dies in the United States due to abuse or neglect. Child abuse is one of our nation ’s most serious public health problems. II. No‚ I was not abused nor have I witnessed abuse‚ but scientific studies show a link between child abuse and neglect of children and a wide range of medical‚ emotional‚ and behavioral disorders such as depression‚ alcohol abuse‚ drug addiction and juvenile

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    Elder Abuse

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    Problem – Elder Abuse in our country is growing in America. All people have the right to live their lives without abuse‚ neglects‚ and being exploitations. It should not matter how old we are everyone has value. The 2004 Survey of State Adult Protective Services‚ found the following: that a 19.7 percent increase from 2000 – 2004 in the combined total of reports of elder and vulnerable adult abuse and there was a 15.6 percent increase from 2000 – 2004 in substantiated cases; and the abuse occurred more

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    Drug Abuse in Society

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    of violence with relation to drug abuse. Drug abuse is regarded to as a personal and antisocial dependence which usually leads to a punishable offense by authorities. Social conflict theory and drug abuse would be considered a problem of inequality and class conflict. While drug abuse is a problem throughout society‚ a conflict theory would argue that minorities or lower class groups are more likely to suffer‚ because of the negative consequences from drug abuse. Sociologists can analyze with three

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    The Abuse of Welfare

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    Introduction …………………………………………………………….. 4 III. Purpose and History of the Welfare System …………………………….. 4 IV. Effects of Welfare Abuse ……….……………………………………. 5 V. Alternatives and Solutions …………………………………………….. 6 VI. Conclusion …………………………………………………………….. 7 VII. Reference Page ……………………………………………………... 8 Abstract This paper discusses how American citizens blatantly abuse the country’s welfare system by simply staying on it two long therefore becoming dependant on the government for their only source

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