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    WHAT ARE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CHILD ABUSE ? There Is 78.3 % of Neglect ‚ 10.8 % of Physical Abuse ‚ 7.6 % of Sexual Abuse ‚ 7.6 % Psychological Maltreatment ‚ 2.4 % Medical Neglect ‚ & 9.6 % of other types of child abuse . A child who ’s parent abuses alcohol and or drugs is most likely to get abused . Neglected & Abuse children are 59 % more likely to be arrested as a child ‚ 28 % more likely to be arrested as an adult & 30 % likely to commit violent crimes . The numbers of child

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    The Causes and Effects of Child Abuse Child abuse is the brutal act of some adults on children. This social problem subjects thousands of kids to physical‚ sexual‚ and emotional abuse and its effects are usually severe. Each year‚ thousands of children are mistreated and harmed because of reasons such as psychological malfunctions of the abusers who choose to display their complexes on vulnerable children who are unable to defend themselves. Child abuse is a problem that includes many types‚ has

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    the brain to foster compulsive drug abuse. They mistakenly view drug abuse and addiction as strictly a social problem and may characterize those who take drugs as morally weak. One very common belief is that drug abusers should be able to just stop taking drugs if they are only willing to change their behavior. What people often underestimate is the complexity of drug addiction—that it is a disease that impacts the brain and because of that‚ stopping drug abuse is not simply a matter of willpower

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    in alcohol research today.” (NIAAA) The effects of alcoholism have been divided into groups. There are physical effects‚ psychological effects and effects that contribute to many other health‚ safety‚ social and econimical problems. Some physical effects of excessively drinking alcohol can be extremely serious‚ or even fatal. One physical effect of alcoholism is causing cancer in the liver‚ kidney and stomach. Alcohol abuse is the leading factor to developing Cirrhosis of the

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    DRUGS ABUSE IN KENYA: ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS IN CENTRAL PROVINCE: A CASE STUDY OF KANDARA DIVISION BY ROBERT WAGUCHU NG’ANG’A DS/0048/07 REPORT PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL OF DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC STUDIES (SDSS) MASENO UNIVERSTY IN PARTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHALOR OF ARTS IN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES WITH IT. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction of the topic of study Drugs and substance abuse is a problem that has raised concern all over the world. Drugs abused affect

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    hild abuse are very common occur in Malaysia and due by many causes and effect to the children growing. Child abuse is the intentional and unexplainable neglect or infliction of Physical‚ Mental‚ or Sexual pain and suffering on a child. Susan Tan ‚ Wealth Mastery Academy intern worker who wrote on article “Child Abuse Cases in Malaysia”‚ states‚ “The cases in Malaysia are getting serious; according to Social Welfare Department of Malaysia indicated each year at least 1‚000 children in Malaysia are

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    Elder abuse is defined as a single act‚ or repeated act‚ or lack of appropriate action‚ occurring within any relationship where there is an exception of trust‚ which causes harm or distress to an older person. To break that definition down and put into types of abuse‚ is it could be physical‚ sexual‚ neglect‚ exploitation‚ emotional‚ abandonment and self-neglect. Now all of those do happen and those are terrible things that have been done by people that were supposed to be taking care of the elderly

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    substance taken by some people to get certain effect‚ such as happiness and excitement. Driving from these definitions above‚ drugs can be classified into two categories; 1] the soft Drug e.g. antibiotics and analgesics. 2] The hard drugs e.g. cocaine‚ marijuana heroin e.t.c. Consequently‚ a drug addict is said to be someone whose life has become dependent on drugs‚ hence drug abuse. Cause of drug abuse among youth; There are two primary causes of drug abuse among the youths. These are 1] peer pressure

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    Elder Abuse: A Case Study

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    ) An example of emotional abuse would be: name calling or threatening a elderly person. Elder abuse is more prevalent then we are made aware of. Griffith (2015) states that 1 in 20 older adults are victim to some kind of elder abuse. Elder abuse can happen anywhere‚ within the older adults own home and even in government run long term care facilities. Bloemen‚ Rosen‚ Clark‚ Nash and Mielenz (2015) found that an average of 11‚749 older adults were abused or neglected in long term care facilities between

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    you. Why don’t grandparents and parents get that same love back? Elder abuse and neglect may not seem like an issue‚ but it exists. There are different types of abuse and neglect that elders can suffer from. This abuse can go on for years without being reported‚ and it causes many emotional side effects. Elder abuse and neglect needs to be stopped. Elder

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