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
Premium Homelessness Homelessness in the United States Unemployment
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
Premium Mother Family Abuse
for an answer. Someone who will not leave you alone‚ despite you begging them to stop. Stalking is an unfortunate reality many college students face on college campuses‚ an environment that is supposedly a so-called safe place. The general public tends to play stalking off as not being that bad‚ and that the victim deep down really loves the attention their perpetrator shows them. But how do the victims of stalking feel about their experiences? Do they feel like they have been violated in some way?
Premium University Human sexual behavior Sexual intercourse
Cyber Stalking Cyber stalking is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual‚ a group of individuals‚ or an organization. It may include false accusations‚ monitoring‚ making threats‚ identity theft‚ and damage to data or equipment‚ the solicitation of minors for sex‚ or gathering information in order to harass. The definition of "harassment" must meet the criterion that a reasonable person‚ in possession of the same information‚ would regard it as
Premium Abuse
Domestic Violence: The Wheel of Power and Control “Only approximately one-quarter of all physical assaults‚ one-fifth of all rapes‚ and one-half of all stalkings perpetuated against females by intimate partners are reported to the police” (Tjaden). How does this happen? Anyone who sees this statistic is firstly appalled‚ and secondly unable to comprehend how such blatant abuse occurs without reprimand. And furthermore‚ someone who has studied sexuality would look at this statistic and wonder about
Premium Abuse Child abuse Domestic violence
Domestic violence is a crime that occurs regularly within the United States. It claims millions of victims each year. There is not a specific cause to establish why domestic violence occurs. However‚ it has been documented that domestic violence is a product of physical‚ emotional‚ sexual‚ psychological‚ and any other forms of torture or torment that the particular abuser wishes to employ to gain control or power over their victims (Gosselin‚ 2005). Due to the complexity of this crime‚ many criminologists
Premium Violence Crime Domestic violence
t DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA The domestic violence or Intimate - Person Violence (IPV) as it is otherwise known globally has been and still is a major threat in our country. The Domestic Violence Act was enacted in the year 2005. It primarily meant to provide protection to the wife or female live-in partner from domestic violence at the hands of the husband or male live-in partner or his relatives‚ the law also extends its protection to women living in a household
Premium Domestic violence Rape Child abuse
Stalking Many of the victims from stalking do not know that stalking is a crime‚ and because of this reason they may feel that they are on their own in this situation. Stalking is a type of harassment where the perpetrator is acting in a way where the victim dislikes and causes him/her discomfort and fear of any kind. Although‚ in order to considered such acts as stalking the perpetrator needs to make the person feel some kind of fear of death or bodily injury. Women are more likely to be victims
Premium Victim The Victim Police
The time is around midnight. I am in a hospital bed‚ beaten‚ bloody‚ pregnant‚ and cold. As I lay there‚ I wonder if this is love. How could a man say he loves a women but then hits her? I thought he loved me. I thought we would be a happy family now that I am carrying his baby. Wow I must have thought wrong. This isn’t love this is painful. We have been together for only a couple of months. He said he would take care of me and the baby. He lied. You might ask why I don’t leave. Well let me take
Premium Family Pregnancy KILL
(Hansen‚ 2001). Raped women (and raped men) have been absent from historical records that usually describe the victories‚ defeats‚ and heroic battles from a male perspective (see for instance Nikolic-Ristanovic‚ 2002). In discourses on collective violence wartime rape was silenced‚ placed outside the political sphere and therefore rendered mute by appropriation into the language of property rights‚ with women considered
Premium Rape Sexual intercourse Human sexual behavior