issues‚ and any apparent relationship between them is illusory. Substance abuse‚ as used in this paper‚ refers both to the abuse of alcohol or other drugs‚ and to dependency on alcohol or other drugs. While partner violence includes same-sex violence‚ this discussion of partner violence will be limited to abuse of women by their male partners or ex-partners‚ so the term woman abuse will be used throughout this paper. Perspectives On Substance Abuse and Woman Abuse The relationship between substance
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Domestic Violence & Children Rough Draft According to Safe Horizon‚ an organization whose purpose is to provide support and justice for victims of crime and abuse‚ more than 3 million children are exposed each year and up to 30% to 60% of those children will also suffer abuse or neglect. Many men‚ women‚ and children lose their lives because an abusive spouse will take things “a little too far”. The “lucky ones”‚ who get out of the messy relationship and find help‚ often gain mental and physical
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I think that stalking and domestic violence are much more prevalent than we think. The reason that society tends to brush them off so easily is because these crimes are seen as a personal matter than is no one’s business except for those involved. These are serious crimes because they deny victims of their rights as guaranteed by the US constitution. I can see where mandatory arrests are a good idea‚ but they prevent the victim from choosing what they want to happen to their abuser. Mandatory arrests
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several ethical considerations that need to be taken during this qualitative research due to the high risk factor involved with the participants. Since “about two-thirds of the women reported that their husband abused them almost daily [and that] the violence was physical‚ verbal‚ emotional and sexual.” The safety of the subjects was of the main concern. Keeping in mind the ethical concern that the participants should not be emotionally or physically abused it was critical to remain anonymity. If this
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Domestic Violence and Is There Gender Bias in Our Court System? What Is Domestic Violence? Who are the offenders? Who are the victims? What are the dangers? Is there psychological effects? Is it genetic? Is there learning disabilities? Does the court recognize bias? Is it publicized? Is there public policy for or against? What are the risk factors in being bias? What can
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ambulances and obviously police officers. It was Monday first day of the week‚ and you do not want to start your day with filling out incident reports. I approach to the officers and introduce myself in order to learn what was going on? It was a domestic violence issue that it has been increasing in the last two years in the city. I continue talking to the officers and few clients approached to me to try to tell me what happened. I immediately needed to leave my stuff in the office and they client started
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perpetrator threatened to kill you or capable of killing you? 4. Is the perpetrator taking any drugs or intoxicated? 5. What is the severity of the physical violence her has put upon you? In this scenario‚ there were so many inadequacies and the victims’ rights were not properly explained or held out. There were many calls to the police for domestic violence in the Brown-Simpson marriage. At some point law
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loss‚ marital breakdown‚ mental illness‚ and alcohol and drug addiction. But when it comes to youth in particular‚ the reasons tend to revolve around the family. Homelessness can also be caused by physical‚ emotional‚ or sexual trauma such as domestic violence. Some might say what all homeless individuals have in common is an internal on-going terror‚ as well as loneliness‚ despair‚ fear‚ and dread. Affordable housing is a huge concern in our society. Youth live on the streets because their families
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I am African-American with a hint of West Indian in my blood. I was born in Baltimore‚ Maryland and raised in Delaware. My surroundings and family affected who I developed to be as a 21 year old African-American woman. I was brought up on certain foundations on how one should live such‚ as going to college‚ getting a good job‚ buying my own home ‚ meeting a man ‚ marrying him ‚ then having kids and it had to be in that order. I did grow up in a somewhat strict home‚ but as I grew old I learned
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I was dispatched to the scene of a domestic violence disturbance: The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jones 1305 E. 348 St. I was advised that Mrs. Jones was thrown to the ground and punched in the face by her husband Mr. Jones‚ they also state that the couple is currently separated. There was also a second call to 911 placed by a possible witness. On my direct route to the home a red pickup truck is backing out of a nearby driveway‚ and children are running across the street. The couple across the street
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